Example sentences for: profit

How can you use “profit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One reason why Wall Street likes zShops so much is that it is a very high-margin business, which means that the profit Amazon reaps on every transaction will be very high (since its costs will be very low).

  • For purposes of this discussion, profit margin is defined as the ratio of delivery profits to route costs (i.e.

  • Yet if one applies that criterion, the definition is too narrow, particularly with the emphasized mention of “profit”), and it would have been more accurate to have put the general sense, “an intruder,” first.

  • The NYT gives prominent place to the headline "Novice Ranchers Find Fun and Profit in Breeding Alpacas".

  • The Cable Guy, for which star Jim Carrey was paid $20 million out of a $60 million budget, is also expected to turn a profit abroad.


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