Profit may refer to:
Business and law
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Profit (accounting)
Profit, in accounting, is an income distributed to the ownership , owner in a Profit (economics) , profitable market production process (business). Profit is a measure of profitability which is the owner's major interest in the income-formati ...
, the difference between the purchase price and the costs of bringing to market
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Profit (economics)
In economics, profit is the difference between the revenue that an economic entity has received from its outputs and the total cost of its inputs. It is equal to total revenue minus total cost, including both explicit and implicit costs.
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, normal profit and economic profit
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Profit (real property)
A profit (short for ''profit-à-prendre'' in Middle French for "advantage or benefit for the taking"), in the law of real property, is a nonpossessory interest in land similar to the better-known easement, which gives the holder the right to ta ...
, a nonpossessory interest in land
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Account of profits
An account of profits (sometimes referred to as an ''accounting for profits'' or simply an ''accounting'') is a type of equitable remedy most commonly used in cases of breach of fiduciary duty. It is an action taken against a defendant to recover t ...
, a type of equitable remedy in law (also known as an accounting)
Arts, entertainment, and media
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''Profit'' (magazine), a Canadian business magazine aimed at entrepreneurs
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''Profit'' (TV series), an American TV series starring Adrian Pasdar
People
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Joe Profit
Joe Profit (born August 13, 1949) is a former American football running back for the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League (NFL). He spent two seasons, plus part of a third, on the Atlanta Falcons before moving to the New Orleans Sai ...
(born 1959), former American football player
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Laron Profit
Bronta Laron Profit (born August 5, 1977) is an American professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player.
Early life and college
Profit was born in Charleston, South Carolina. Because his stepfather James Truiett served in ...
(born 1977), professional basketball player
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Richard Profit
Richard (Rich) Profit (born 1974) is an English mountaineer, sailor, a former British Army officer and polar adventurer. In 2007 he took part in the Polar Race with the mother and son pair Janice Meek and Daniel Byles, successfully walking and skii ...
(born 1974), English mountaineer and adventurer
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Park "Profit" Joon-yeong
Park Joon-yeong (, born November 19, 1999), better known by his online alias Profit, is a professional South Korean ''Overwatch'' player for the Seoul Dynasty of the Overwatch League (OWL). Prior to the OWL's inception, he played for GC Busan, w ...
, professional ''Overwatch'' player
Places
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Profit, United States Virgin Islands
Profit is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the Unite ...
See also
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Prophet (disambiguation)
A prophet is a person who is believed to speak through divine inspiration.
Prophet or The Prophet may also refer to:
People People referred to as "The Prophet" as a title
* The Prophet (musician) (born 1968), Dutch gabber and hardstyle DJ ...
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The Profit (disambiguation) The Profit may refer to:
* ''The Profit'' (film)
* ''The Profit'' (TV series)
See also
* Profit (disambiguation)
* Prophet (disambiguation)
A prophet is a person who is believed to speak through divine inspiration.
Prophet or The Prophet m ...
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