Profit vs Advancement - What's the difference?
profit | advancement | Synonyms |
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
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
* Bible, 1 Corinthians vii. 35
* Shakespeare
(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).
To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
* Bible, Hebrews iv. 2
* Dryden
To benefit, gain.
To take advantage of, exploit, use.
The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.
* {{quote-news, year=2011
, date=December 14
, author=Angelique Chrisafis
, title=Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism
, work=Guardian
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
(legal) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
Profit is a synonym of advancement.
As nouns the difference between profit and advancement
is that profit is profit while advancement is the act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.profit
English
(wikipedia profit)Noun
(en noun)- Let no man anticipate uncertain profits .
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- This I speak for your own profit .
- if you dare do yourself a profit and a right
Usage notes
Regarding the income sense, when the difference is negative the term loss is correct. Negative profit does appear in microeconomics. Profit by a government agency is called a surplus.Synonyms
* gainAntonyms
* lossVerb
(en verb)- The word preached did not profit them.
- It is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
Derived terms
* book profit * for-profit * for fun and profit * nonprofit * not-for-profit * paper profit * profit from * profitable * profitably * profiteer * profit margin * profit sharing * profit takingExternal links
* * ----advancement
English
Alternative forms
* advancemente * advauncement * advauncementeNoun
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