<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Often profits.</li><li>pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction.</li><li>Compare gross profit, net profit.</li><li>the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested.</li><li>returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.</li><li>Synonyms: return</li><li>Antonyms: loss</li><li>the monetary surplus left to a producer or employer after deducting wages, rent, cost of raw materials, etc.: The company works on a small margin of profit.</li><li>Synonyms: net income</li><li>advantage; benefit; gain.</li><li>Synonyms: worth, use, avail, good</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to gain an advantage or benefit: He profited greatly from his schooling.</li><li>to make a profit.</li><li>to take advantage: to profit from the weaknesses of others.</li><li>to be of service or benefit.</li><li>to make progress.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to be of advantage or profit to: Nothing profits one so much as a sound education.</li><li>Synonyms: help, advance</li></ul>