profit
1. prof.it \'pra:f-*t\ \-l*s\ n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L profectus advance,
profit, fr. profectus, pp. of] often attrib proficere 1: a valuable return
: GAIN 2: the excess or returns over expenditure in a transaction or
series of tra nsactions; specif : the excess of the selling price of goods
over their cost 3: net income usu. for a given period of time 4: the ratio
of profit for a given year to the amount of capital invested o r to the
value of sales 5: the compensation accruing to entrepreneurs for the
assumption of risk in business enterprise as distinguished from wages or
rent - prof.it.less aj
2. profit vi 1: to be of service or advantage : AVAIL 2: to derive benefit
: GAIN : to be of service to : BENEFIT