[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/profit/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [P](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/p/) / profit # profit noun (a profit, profits; also uncountable); verb (profit, profits, profited, profiting) «profit» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Profit is the money you have left after you take away what you spent from what you earned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#m1) 2. (verb) To profit is to make money from something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#m2) 3. (verb) To profit from something can mean to gain or learn something good from it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#m3) 4. Profit can also mean a benefit or good result, not only money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#m4) ### In the lessons In maths money problems, profit = selling price − cost price. If the costs are bigger, there is a loss instead. At a school fair pupils work out the profit from a cake stall. In business people talk about making a profit. Phrases: make a profit, profit and loss, at a profit, profit from. ### Examples - We sold lemonade and made a profit of $12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#x1) - The cakes cost £10 to make and sold for £25, so the profit was £15. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#x2) - If you sell it for less than it cost, you make a loss, not a profit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#x3) - The shop's profits went up this year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#x4) - Everyone can profit from reading more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#x5) - The charity profited from the school's fun run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#x6) - Work out the total profit from the bake sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#x7) - He sold his old bike at a profit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#x8) - Evil companions bring more hurt than profit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/#x9) ### Note Profit = money in − money out; a negative result is called a loss. Regular verb: profited (one t), profiting. Homophone: «prophet» (a person who foretells or speaks for God) — same sound, different meaning. In maths: «profit per item» × number of items = total profit. ## In Jewish tradition In the Prophets and Writings it means a useful gain or benefit, not only money. Idols and lies cannot profit, treasures of wickedness profit nothing, and Ecclesiastes asks what profit a person has from all his work. **Interpretation.** Jeremiah is read as warning that false trust in words cannot help. Proverbs teaches that righteousness saves from death when wealth cannot, and Ecclesiastes' question is read as asking what lasting worth comes from toil. ### Examples - And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? (Torah GEN.37.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x1) - And Esau said: 'Behold, I am at the point to die; and what profit shall the birthright do to me?' (Torah GEN.25.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x2) - Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. (Prophets JER.7.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x3) - Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death. (Writings PRO.10.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x4) - What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth? (Writings ECC.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/#x5) ### Note Profit = money in − money out; a negative result is called a loss. Regular verb: profited (one t), profiting. Homophone: «prophet» (a person who foretells or speaks for God) — same sound, different meaning. In maths: «profit per item» × number of items = total profit. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «profit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/profit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«profit» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/profit.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «profit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/profit/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«profit» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/profit.html) on Mova free.