turn a profit
Definition
Verb phrase: - To earn a financial gain; to make money from a business or venture. It describes the state of having revenues that exceed expenses.
Usage
This phrase is used to describe a business, organization, or venture that is financially successful. It is often used in business, economic, and informal financial contexts. - The core meaning is to make a profit. - It is typically used with subjects like "company," "business," "venture," or "investment." - It often appears in the future tense to express a goal or in the negative/past tense to describe a lack of success.
Examples
- After three difficult years, the small cafe finally turned a profit last quarter.
- The new product line is expected to turn a profit within eighteen months.
- Many startups fail before they ever turn a profit.
Advanced Usage
- "to turn a healthy/substantial profit": To make a large or significant profit.
- Their innovative software allowed them to turn a substantial profit in a competitive market.
- The phrase can be used in conditional or hypothetical statements.
- If we can reduce our overhead, we might turn a profit next year.
Variants and Related Words
- Profit (verb): To obtain a financial advantage or benefit.
- The company profited greatly from the new contract.
- Profitable (adjective): Yielding a financial profit or gain.
- It was a very profitable year for the firm.
Synonyms
- Make money
- Be profitable
- Show a profit
- Gain financially
Antonyms
- Operate at a loss
- Lose money
- Incur a loss
Related Idioms and Phrases
- In the black: Operating at a profit (opposite of "in the red").
- After restructuring, the division is finally back in the black.
- Make a killing: To make a very large profit, often suddenly (informal).
- They made a killing in the stock market.
Verb
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make a profit; gain money or materially
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The company has not profited from the merger
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