Noun

(en noun)

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.

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The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.

A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.

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A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

Importance with respect to what comes after.

The power to influence or produce an effect.

(label) Importance, value, or influence.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 2, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC

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Noun

(en noun)

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.

* Rambler

Let no man anticipate uncertain profits .

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= T time , passage=The ability to shift profits' to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: ' profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.}}

(dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.

* Bible, 1 Corinthians vii. 35

This I speak for your own profit .

* Shakespeare

if you dare do yourself a profit and a right

(legal) In property law, a nonpossessory interest in land whereby a party is entitled to enter the land of another for the purpose of taking the soil or the substance of the soil (coal, oil, minerals, and in some jurisdictions timber and game).