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TURN A PROFIT
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a profit; gain money or materially
Example:
The company has not profited from the merger
Synonyms:
profit; turn a profit
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "turn a profit" is one way to...):
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in (earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "turn a profit"):
line one's pockets (make a lot of money)
turn a nice dime; turn a nice dollar; turn a nice penny (make a satisfactory profit)
clean up (make a big profit; often in a short period of time)
Sentence frames:
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