Definition of "profits" []

• Plural form of profit. (noun)
• Collective form of profit. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of profit. (verb)

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• "You folks who work for wages think what a company reports in profits is $$ laying around which are stuffed into the shareholders/owners pockets."
• "This morning, Qwest reported earnings of $185 million on sales of $3.32 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008 — an almost 50 percent drop in profits from the same period last year."
• "For you ignorant Hillary supporters, these companies are makeing millions of dollars in profits from the Iraq war."