[ˈprɒfɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a financial gain, especially the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something
(e.g: record pre-tax profits)

- advantage; benefit
(e.g: there's no profit in screaming at referees from the bench)


Phrases:
- at a profit

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘advantage, benefit’): from Old French, from Latin profectus ‘progress, profit’, from proficere ‘to advance’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + facere ‘do’. The verb is from Old French profiter

[ˈprɒfɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- obtain a financial advantage or benefit
(e.g: the only people to profit from the episode were the lawyers)


Phrases:
- at a profit

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘advantage, benefit’): from Old French, from Latin profectus ‘progress, profit’, from proficere ‘to advance’, from pro- ‘on behalf of’ + facere ‘do’. The verb is from Old French profiter