{
    "term": "profit",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the money that you make in business or by selling things, especially after paying the costs involved",
            "sensetop": "profit on somethingprofit from somethingprofit in somethingprofit in doing somethingat a profitfor profit",
            "labels": "(North American English)(British English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**annual/pre-tax/corporate profits**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Profits before tax** grew from £615m to £1 168m."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a rise/an increase/a jump/a drop/a fall in profits"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **maximize/increase profits**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **report/post profits** of £50 million"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The club may **turn a profit** *(= make a profit)* by the end of the year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sale generated **record profits**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Net profit** *(= after you have paid costs and tax)* was up 16.1 per cent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The business recorded a **gross profit** of *(= before you pay costs and tax)* £1.45 million last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The division's **profit margins** are being squeezed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The directors are driven only by the **profit motive**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company **made a** healthy **profit** on the deal.",
                    "contextForm": "profit on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Profit from exports rose 7.7 per cent.",
                    "contextForm": "profit from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The radio station **earns a profit** from its advertising."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was little or no profit in the products themselves.",
                    "contextForm": "profit in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There isn’t much profit in running a restaurant these days.",
                    "contextForm": "profit in doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We should be able to sell the house at a **huge profit**.",
                    "contextForm": "at a profit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.",
                    "contextForm": "for profit"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At whose expense are those obscene profits made?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Damaged goods mean lost profit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's only interested in making a quick profit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Investors will take the profits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jakob had realized a personal profit of $240 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Profits surged 41 per cent to £13 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company started to show a profit in its first year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The expected profits have not materialized."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The goods were sold for profit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They closed down after years of low profits."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a commodity that produced steady profits"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an annual profit of £50 000"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are continuing our strategy of profit maximization."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company posted second-quarter profits of $570 million."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "considerable", "decent"],
                "verb + profit": ["bring", "bring in", "deliver"],
                "profit + verb": ["climb", "grow", "increase"],
                "profit + noun": ["margin", "rate", "sharing"],
                "preposition": ["against profits", "at a profit", "for profit"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a decline in profits",
                    "a fall in profits",
                    "an increase in profits"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the advantage that you get from doing something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Future lawyers could study this text with profit."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɒfɪt/",
                "audio": "pr/profit/profit__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈprɑːfɪt/",
                "audio": "pr/profit/profit__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘advantage, benefit’): from Old French, from Latin profectus ‘progress, profit’, from proficere ‘to advance’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + facere ‘do’. The verb is from Old French profiter."
}