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11Profit — Prof it, v. i. 1. To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance. [1913 Webster] I profit not by thy talk. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good. [1913 Webster] Riches profit not in the… …
12pròfīt — m 〈G profíta〉 1. {{001f}}ekon. količina novca koja se dobije kada se od ukupnog prihoda poduzeća odbiju troškovi svih inputa ili proizvodnih faktora; višak, dobit 2. {{001f}}pren. dobit iz neke situacije (novčana, moralna i sl.) ∆… …
13profit — [präf′it] n. [OFr < L profectus, pp. of proficere, to profit, lit., to advance: see PROFICIENT] 1. advantage; gain; benefit 2. [often pl.] a) monetary gain from business transactions b) the ratio of this to the amount of capital invested c)… …
14Profit — (v. fr.), Gewinn, Vortheil; Profit tout clair (spr. Profi tuh klär), ganz reiner Gewinn …
15Profit — Le nom est porté dans la Corrèze et surtout la Seine et Marne, département où on trouve la variante Proffit, également présente dans l Aisne. Le sens du mot profit étant à peu près le même au Moyen Âge qu aujourd hui, cela nous donne un surnom… …
16profit — (n.) early 14c., from O.Fr. prufit (mid 12c.), from L. profectus profit, progress, properly pp. of proficere (see PROFICIENCY (Cf. proficiency)). As the opposite of loss, it replaced O.E. gewinn. The verb is attested from c.1300, from O.Fr.… …
17profit by — profit from if you re smart, you ll profit from their mistakes Syn: benefit from, take advantage of, derive benefit from, capitalize on, make the most of, turn to one s advantage, put to good use, do well out of, exploit, gain from; informal cash …
18profit# — profit n *use, service, advantage, account, avail Analogous words: reward, award, meed, guerdon (see PREMIUM): gaining or gain, winning (see GET) profit vb *benefit, avail Analogous words: *get …
19Profit — »Nutzen, Gewinn«: Das aus dem niederd. Sprachraum stammende Substantiv wurde um etwa 1400 als Handelswort aus gleichbed. mniederl. profijt entlehnt, das seinerseits aus frz. profit »Gewinn« übernommen ist. Dies geht auf lat. profectus »Fortgang,… …
20profit — [n] gain accumulation, acquisition, advancement, advantage, aggrandizement, augmentation, avail, benefit, bottom line*, cleanup, earnings, emoluments, gate*, goods*, gravy*, gross, harvest, income, interest, killing, lucre, net, output, outturn,… …
