“profited” is a form of
profit
UK /ˈpɹɒfɪt/ · US /ˈpɹɑfɪt/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms profits profiting profited ꝓfit
- noun (accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.
- noun (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained. “Reading such an enlightening book on the subject was of much profit to his studies.”
- verb (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
- verb (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
- verb (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
gain net income net net profit lucre profits earnings benefit turn a profit
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English profit, from Old French profit (Modern French profit), from Latin prōfectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit”), from proficiō (“to go forward, advance, make progress, be profitable or useful”). Doublet of profect.
Variant of Proffitt.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit, This I speak for your own profit. 1 Cor. vii. 35.
- verb 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. The word preached did not profit them. Heb. iv. 2.
- verb To gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to gain; to advance.
Etymology [F., fr. L. profectus advance, progress, profit, fr. profectum. See Proficient.]
Etymology [F. profiter. See Profit, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “profit”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details