Profit

·vi To be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.

II. Profit ·noun Accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences; benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,.

III. Profit ·vi To gain advantage; to make improvement; to Improve; to Gain; to Advance.

IV. Profit ·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.

V. Profit ·noun 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.