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
Salary and profit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Salary" instead a noun "Profit".
Salary
Salary noun - The money paid regularly to a person for labor or services.
Usage example: signed a contract for a new job with a salary of $40,000 per year
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Synonyms for Salary
Nearby Word: salaried
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good profit | good salary |
| high | high profit | high salary |
| better | better profit | better salary |
| handsome | handsome profit | handsome salary |
| Other adjectives: small, actual, massive, large, big, increased, great, enormous, huge, decent, modest, personal, less, negative, hefty, extra, additional, highest, larger, higher, bigger. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In fact, it's perfectly profitable for players to employ laborers (whose daily salary is less than the profit made on a single ladder-to-poles conversion) to do this all day.
Source: Artistic License Economics -
Forget manufacturing items for profit: all items now sell for half their manufacturing costs, not counting engineering salary.
Source: Video Game / Xenonauts -
He takes $500 out of Corey's salary to pay for the tattoo kit and have the shop make a profit on it, and orders him to work three hours of overtime to make up for the time he missed getting the tattoo.
Source: Series / Pawn Stars
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