profit from

profit from
phrasal verb profit from or profit by [transitive]
Word forms "profit from":
present tense I/you/we/they profit from he/she/it profits from present participle profiting from past tense profited from past participle profited from
a) profit from/by something to get an advantage from a situation

She hopes to profit from the experience.

b) to make a profit from something

They were accused of profiting from the sale of state assets.


English dictionary. 2014.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • profit from money loaned — index interest (profit) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • profit from conversion of assets — index income Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • profit from sale — index income Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Profit from Loss — Infobox Film name = Profit from Loss image size = caption = director = B. Reeves Eason producer = writer = narrator = starring = Vivian Rich music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 15 October, 1915 runtime = country = USA… …   Wikipedia

  • profit from — See profit by …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ˈprofit from sth — phrasal verb to get an advantage from a situation …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • profit from — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Crash Proof: How to Profit From the Coming Economic Collapse —   …   Wikipedia

  • draw profit from — index profit Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • profit — prof·it n 1: gain in excess of expenditures: as a: the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost b: net income from a business, investment, or capital appreciation compare earnings, loss …   Law dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”