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profit

From Wiktionary
profit is on the Basic English 850 List.
produce - profit - property

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
profit

Plural
profits

  1. (countable) A profit is money made that is over the total amount spent on the thing being sold.

Verb

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Plain form
profit

Third-person singular
profits

Past tense
profited

Past participle
profited

Present participle
profiting

  1. (transitive) If someone profits from something, they benefit from it; they gain from it.