n.
- a financial gain, especially the difference between an initial outlay and the subsequent amount earned.
- advantage; benefit.
v.
(profits, profiting, profited)
benefit, especially financially.
▸be beneficial to.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from L. profectus ‘progress, profit’, from proficere ‘to advance’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + facere ‘do’.