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Definition of Turn a profit
1. Verb. Make a profit; gain money or materially. "The company has not profited from the merger"
Specialized synonyms: Line One's Pockets, Turn A Nice Dime, Turn A Nice Dollar, Turn A Nice Penny, Clean Up
Generic synonyms: Bring In, Clear, Earn, Gain, Make, Pull In, Realise, Realize, Take In
Antonyms: Break Even, Lose
Derivative terms: Profit
Definition of Turn a profit
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To obtain profit from an investment. ¹
2. Verb. (idiomatic by extension) To gain money or to gain materially. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Turn A Profit
Literary usage of Turn a profit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rape for Profit: Trafficking of Nepali Girls and Women to India's Brothels by Human Rights Watch/Asia, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1995)
"... one of the ways health organizations in Bombay attempt to convince local
brothel owners to use condoms is to appeal to their desire to turn a profit. ..."
2. Non-Profit Housing Development in Hawaii by Peter G. Panet (1995)
"Non-profits can acquire and rehabilitate old, or develop new, housing that is
otherwise too expensive for a for-profit to turn a profit on from market rents ..."
3. The Telecommunications Challenge: Changing Technologies and Evolving by Charles W. Wessner (2006)
"... hardware business at all and therefore drew no benefit if its works promoted
the sale of iPods or stereos—yet it still had, somehow, to turn a profit. ..."
4. How to Run a Store by Harold Whitehead (1921)
"This item might easily turn a profit into a loss— and thus seriously depress the
sale price of his business. SALARIES. Salaries include all money spent for ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"... for the use of the ground, by him who thinks he can turn a profit out of the
land by the employment of his capital, his industry, skill, and labour. ..."
6. The King of the Alley: William Duer, Politician, Entrepreneur, and by Robert Francis Jones (1992)
"It is difficult otherwise to explain his attempt to get the distillery in
Poughkeepsie to turn a profit. There was a change, but it was not in the accounts. ..."
7. Money in Its Relations to Trade and Industry by Francis Amasa Walker (1879)
"They are calculated to such an extent of fineness- that the change of a decimal
may be fatal, and may turn a profit into a loss. ..."
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