profit

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

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
profit

Plural
profits

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

Verb[change]

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.