Clues for the word "PROFIT"
We've had 68 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 111 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on November 14, 2025.
Definition of profit
- n. - Acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence, pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation; emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
- n. - Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
- n. - To be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit; to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.
- v. i. - To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.
- v. i. - To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
Referring Clues
- Loss's opposite
- Business motive
- Learn
- Something to roll over
- It may be net
- Return
- Partner of loss
- Entrepreneur's goal
- Monetary gain
- Number in black
- Black bottom line
- Opposite of loss
- Surplus
- Bottom line, ideally
- Business owner's goal
- Loss' opposite
- Business goal
- Gain
- Black-ink entry
- Make money (from)
- Sales less expenses
- Do well
- Fiscal gain
- Make money
- It can be gross
- It may be gross
- Gain capital
- Business gain
- Investment gain
- Bottom line number
- Return from a store
- Benefit from
- Benefit
- Benefit (by)
- Gain made by professional in good condition
- Tour loss' opposite
- Tour loss's opposite
- Surplus earnings
- Benefit favouring the healthy
- The professor takes it as net gain
- In favour of healthy earnings
- If getting back into port, somehow, there's an advantage
- The advantage of taking part in a trip, maybe
- Not against healthy yield
- What a professional is able to make
- In favour of appropriate percentage
- Be of advantage to
- In favour of suitable financial advantage
- Return for attack
- Could it be Mohammed said to make a killing?
- Proceeds to clean up
- Make money out of trip
- Return on investment
- Reward academic with it
- Chairperson gets it with advantage
- Forecaster, we hear, making financial gain
- The advantage of interrupting a badly arranged trip
- As gained when a paid player is in good shape
- "Net" figure
- Financial gain
- The advantage you get for being in shape
- Returns
- One may be turned or earned
- Revenue minus costs
- The academic takes it as benefit
- Cash benefit in favour of the competent
- Something to take home
- Target for Target
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - November 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 26, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - August 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 06, 2025
- LA Times - February 02, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 14, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 25, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 15, 2024
- USA Today - February 13, 2024
- Daily Quick - January 19, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 29, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 14, 2023
- Daily Quick - September 03, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - August 26, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 06, 2023
- LA Times - January 29, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - November 14, 2022
- New York Times - September 20, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 31, 2022
- Daily Quick - July 10, 2022
- New York Times - May 14, 2022
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