make+a+handsome+profit

  • 1handsome — hand|some [ˈhænsəm] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: handsome easy to handle (15 17 centuries), from hand] 1.) a) a man who is handsome looks attractive = ↑good looking ▪ an extremely handsome young man ▪ Sam was tall, dark and handsome . ▪ his… …

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  • 2handsome — [[t]hæ̱nsəm[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A handsome man has an attractive face with regular features. ...a tall, dark, handsome sheep farmer. Syn: good looking 2) ADJ GRADED A handsome woman has an attractive appearance with features that are large and… …

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  • 3profit — I n. 1) to clear, earn, make, realize, reap, turn a profit 2) to bring (in), yield a profit 3) a handsome, large; marginal, small; quick profit 4) an excess, exorbitant profit 5) a clear; net; gross profit 6) a profit on (to make a profit on a… …

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  • 4profit — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, decent, enormous, fat, good, greater, handsome, healthy, hefty, high …

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  • 5profit — prof|it1 W1S1 [ˈprɔfıt US ˈpra: ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin profectus, past participle of proficere; PROFICIENT] 1.) [U and C] money that you gain by selling things or doing business, after your costs have been paid ≠ ↑loss… …

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  • 6profit — 1 noun 1 (C, U) money that you gain by selling things or doing business: They sold the business and bought a yacht with the profits. | The profit each day from the snack bar is usually around $. | make (a) profit: The telephone companies are… …

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  • 7soar — 01. The eagle [soared] through the sky. 02. Interest rates are [soaring], and housing sales are going down as a result. 03. Shares have [soared] on the stock exchange since the announcement of the merger. 04. [Soaring] unemployment has been a… …

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  • 8Plimsoll Line —    Samuel Plimsoll (1824 1898) was born in Bristol, England. He started out as a brewery clerk, became a manager, and then became a coal dealer. Elected to Parliament (1868) from Derby, Plimsoll cast about for a cause that could inspire him and… …

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  • 9Jundaa Emaan Gunda — Can be said as a successful director. Chandra Mudoi knows the formula how one can be succeed in the field of commercial films. His first film Maghat Mamanir Biya was a box office hit. After that he created some hit films like Ujanir Dujani… …

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  • 10feather one's nest — Get rich (from what passes through one s hands), make a handsome profit, look out for number one, provide for one s self …

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