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profiteer noun

  /ˌpɹɒfɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/
  • (pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.
 Profiteur, Profitmacher

profit noun

  /ˈpɹɑfɪt/ , /ˈpɹɒfət/ , /ˈpɹɒfɪt/ , /ˈpɹɔfɪt/ , [ˈpɹɔ̟fət]
  • (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
 Gewinn, Profit
  • (accounting, economics) 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.
 Gewinn

profit verb

  /ˈpɹɑfɪt/ , /ˈpɹɒfət/ , /ˈpɹɒfɪt/ , /ˈpɹɔfɪt/ , [ˈpɹɔ̟fət]
  • (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
 profitieren, erreichen, gewinnen, nützen
  • (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.
 ausbeuten
  • (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
 erreichen, gewinnen

profitable adjective

  /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/ , /ˈpɹɒf.ɪ.tə.bl̩/
  • Producing a profit.
 rentabel, einträglich, lukrativ, gewinnbringend, profitabel

profitability noun

  /pɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ , /ˌpɹɑ.fɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ , /ˌpɹɒf.ə.təˈbəl.ə.ti/ , /ˌpɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ , /ˌpɹɔf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/ , /ˌpɹɔf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.tɪj/ , [pɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ɾi] , [ˌpɹɑ.fɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ɾi] , [ˌpɹɔf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] , [ˌpɹɔ̟f.ə.təˈbəl.ə.ɾi]
  • The quality or state of being profitable; capacity to make a profit.
 Rentabilität, Einträglichkeit

profiteering noun

  • The act of making an unreasonable profit not justified by the corresponding assumption of risk, or by doing so unethically or opportunistically.
 Geschäftemacherei, Wucherei
war profiteer
Kriegsgewinnler, Kriegsgewinnlerin, Kriegsprofiteur, Kriegsprofiteurin
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