profits

1. 1.

   the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

   Synonymsnet incomenetnet profitlucreprofitearnings

   Broaderincome

   Narrowerearning per sharewindfall profitkillingfast buckfilthy lucregross profitmarkupaccumulationdividend

   Partsshare
2. 2.

   something won (especially money)

   Synonymswinningswin

   Broaderfinancial gain

Other forms of profits

plural

profitses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about profits

What does profits mean?

profits means "the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in profits?

profits has 2 syllables: pro-fits. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑfɪts/.

What is another word for profits?

Close synonyms include net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is profits a common word?

profits is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.