English > turn a profit: 1 sense > verb 1, possessionMeaning | make a profit; gain money or materially. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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Synonym | profit |
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Narrower | clean up | make a big profit |
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line one's pockets | make a lot of money |
turn a nice dime, turn a nice penny, turn a nice dollar | make a satisfactory / satisfactory profit |
Broader | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction |
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Opposite | break even | make neither profit nor loss |
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lose, turn a loss | fail to make money in a business |
Spanish | sacar provecho |
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