Profit

Definitions of Profit
  1. noun
    the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
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    types:
    Anhäufung
    (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation
    Dividende
    that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
    type of:
    Einkommen
    the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
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