Expense
Expense noun - A payment made in the course of achieving a result.
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Profit
Profit noun - The amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received.
Usage example: after we deducted the cost of sugar, lemons, and paper cups, the profit from a day of lemonade sales was about $20
How words are described
| high | high expense | high profit |
| total | total expense | total profit |
| considerable | considerable expense | considerable profit |
| legitimate | legitimate expense | legitimate profit |
| Other adjectives: obvious, small, actual, massive, large, big, increased, great, enormous, huge, potential, decent, personal, major, negative, extra, additional, significant, ridiculous, greater, one-time, overall. | ||
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We Help the Helpless: Jarod considers it his duty to do so, as just about every project he did for The Centre was ultimately used to help some megalomaniac profit at the expense of innocent people.
Source: Series / The Pretender - Officially, there are only two laws, "do not profit at the expense of another anarchist" (which can be interpreted to cover anything from scams to murder), and "there are no other laws".
Source: Webcomic / S.S.D.D -
Since the Church considers being deformed a capital offense, and happily uses its power to make profit in the expense of others, these opinions seem quite justified.
Source: Corrupt Church
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