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[C/U] business money that you make by selling something or from your business, especially the money that remains after you have paid all your business costs. Your total profit before you pay tax is called gross profit, and the amount that remains after you have paid tax on this is called net profit 盈利;利潤 Profits rose 31% to £144 million. 利潤上升了31%,達到1.44億英鎊。
make a profit : Investors have made a 14% profit in just 3 months. 僅僅3個月的時間,投資者就獲得了14%的利潤。
profit on : The profit on that deal was £21 million. 那筆交易所得的利潤爲2,100萬英鎊。
profit from : All the profits from the sales of the CD will go to the Multiple Sclerosis Society. 銷售這張CD所得的全部利潤將捐給多發性硬化症協會。
at a profit (=so that you make a profit) 以獲利 : They were buying securities and reselling them at a profit. 他們正在倒賣證券謀利。
for profit (=in order to make money) 爲了獲利 : the practice of killing whales for profit 爲獲利而捕殺鲸魚的行徑
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