Reverse Dictionary: PROFIT

ADJECTIVES
► ADVANTAGEABLE profitable; advantageous → 1548 obs.
► AHEAD OF THE GAME in an advantageous or profitable position → 1850
► AVAILANT advantageous, profitable; of beneficial efficiency → c1420  obs.
​► BEGETEL advantageous, profitable → c1250 obs.
► BEHOVABLE useful, profitable, advantageous → c1460 obs.
► BEHOVEFUL advantageous, useful, profitable; needful, necessary, due → 1382 arch.
► BEHOVELY useful, profitable; needful, necessary → c950 obs.
► CHEAPSKATE barely profitable; small-time → 1928 US sl.
► EDIFIABLE fitted to edify; edifying, profitable → 1612 obs.
► FARRANTLY of things: becoming, fit; profitable → 1750 Eng. dial.
► GAINFUL productive of gain or profit; profitable, advantageous → 1555
► GAINSOME profitable, lucrative, advantageous → 1569 obs.
► GAINY profitable, advantageous; of the nature of gain → 1576 obs.
► JAMMY first-rate, good, excellent; very lucky or profitable  → 1853
► LUCRIFEROUS bringing gain; lucrative, profitable → 1648 obs.
► LUCROUS full of gain or profit → c1500 obs.
► ON THE MAKE said of someone intent on profit; avaricious; greedy → 1869 orig. US
► ONCUS ► ONGCUS ► ONGKUS ► ONKUS good, profitable, pleasant → 1910s Aust. & NZ sl.
► PERFECTABLE beneficial, useful; profitable → 1450 obs.
► PROFICUOUS profitable, advantageous, beneficial, useful → 1622 obs.
► VAILABLE of avail, advantage, or benefit; advantageous, beneficial, profitable; effectual, efficacious → 1390 obs.
► VANTAGEABLE advantageous, profitable → 1570 obs.

ADVERBS
► BEHOVABLY usefully, profitably, advantageously, advisably → 1512 obs.
► BEHOVEFULLY usefully, profitably, duly; necessarily → 1443 obs.
► QUIDS IN in profit → 1919 sl.

NOUNS
► ADVANTAGE pecuniary profit, gain; interest on money lent → 1393 obs.
► AFFRAMING gain, profit → 1440 obs.
► BEGET the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage → c1175 obs.
► BEWAYNE profit, advantage → c1375 obs.
► BIG THING ON ICE, A a profitable venture; a good thing → 1890 sl. 
► BUNCE money; gains; extra profit or gain; bonus; something to the good → 1719 sl.
► BUNT an extra profit or gain; something to the good → 1851 cant
► CARVE-UP a division of loot, profits, or the legacy of a will → 1935 UK sl.
► CASH-IN an act or instance of cashing in financially → 1985 US
► CLEAN-UP profit → 1867 sl., orig. US
► EARNER a lucrative or profitable job or enterprise → 1970 sl.
► EARNINGS gain, profit → a1200 obs.
► FARDEL profit → 1523 obs.
► FAST BUCK a quick profit → 1949 sl., orig. US
► GOOD THING ON ICE a profitable venture; a good thing → 1890 sl.
► GRAVY BOAT a source of easy and often undeserved profit → 1943 sl., orig. US
► GRAVY STREET an easy, profitable or successful situation → 1970s US sl.
► GRAVY TRAIN a source of easy and often undeserved profit → 1914 sl., orig. US
► GRIFT the obtaining of profit or advantage by dishonest or shady means → 1914 US sl.
► IMPROVEMENT the turning of a thing to profit or good account; profitable management or use; making the most of a thing for one’s own profit → 1453 obs.
► INGAIN profit in buying and selling → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► INTAKE gain, profit; anything gathered in or obtained → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JAM a certainty of winning; clear profit → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► KNOCK-DOWN profit, usually illicit → 1950s Aust. sl.
► LUCK gain, profit; financial advantage → a1475 obs.
► LUCRE gain, profit, pecuniary advantage → c1380
► LUNCH a bonus, a profit → 2000s sl.
► MAKINGS earnings, profits → 1837 colloq.
► MELON 1. large profits to be shared between a number of people → 1908 sl.
2. an especially unexpected profit; a windfall; in finance, an extra dividend → 1934 Amer. sl.
► MONEY FOR JAM a profitable return for little or no trouble; a very easy job; a person or thing easy to profit from, beat, etc. → 1919 colloq.
► MONEY FOR OLD ROPE a profitable return for little or no trouble; a very easy job; a person or thing easy to profit from, beat, etc. → 1936 colloq.
► MONEY-MAKER a thing which makes money or is financially profitable, esp. a product, an enterprise, etc. → 1850
► MONEY-SPINNER something profitable → 1952 sl.
► NAB a snatch, a seizure; theft; profit which is the result of sharp dealing → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NAIT use, profit, advantage → a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. obs.
► NICE LITTLER EARNER, A a means of making easy and often illicit profits → 1970 Brit. sl.
► OEPS use, benefit, profit → 1383 obs.
► PERCENTAGE a profit; an advantage → 1948 UK sl., orig. military
► PIECE OF THE ACTION an involvement in an activity; a share in the profits of something → 1957 US sl.
► QUICK BUCK a quick profit → 1960 sl., orig. US
► RAISE stake money; a monetary profit → 2000 UK sl.
► RAKE-OFF a profit; an unlawful profit → 1909 Amer.
► REAL JAM a certainty of winning; clear profit → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► RYBECK profit → 1851 sl., obs.
► SCALP a small profit made in quick buying and selling → colloq.
► SCREWAGE savings, profit; covetousness → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SINGULAR personal or private profit or gain → 1419 obs.
► SINGULARITY private or personal profit or gain → 1426 obs.
► TAKE profits, e.g. the entrance money taken at a musical, sporting, or gambling event → 1930s US sl.
► VAIL advantage, benefit, profit → c1430 obs.
► VANTAGE advantage, benefit, profit, gain → a1300 arch.
► VELVET clear gain or profit → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► VELVET profit, gain, esp. when unexpectedly high → 1901 sl., chiefly US
► VIG ► VIGGERISH ► VIGORISH profits of a bookmaker, a usurer, a criminal conspirator, a casino, etc. → 1908 US sl.
► WAIN profit, advantage → c1315 obs.
► YANK-DOWN a profit, a commission → L19 sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► MONEY-SPINNER orig. a person who makes large profits by speculation or usury; later, a person or thing that generates a great deal of money or is very profitable → 1825
► TURN-PENNY a person who is intent on profit → 1872

PHRASES
► LIKE LICKING HONEY OFF A THORN said of an employment yielding but small and uncertain profit → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN if a chance for profit comes, legally or not, accept it → 1960s US sl.

VERBS
► ADVANCE to advantage, to benefit, to profit anyone → c1386 obs.
► ADVANTAGE 1. to profit, to benefit → 1526 obs.
2. to gain, to profit → 1557 obs.
► BRING HOGS TO A FAIR MARKET to do well; to make a profit → 17C colloq.
► BRING HOME THE BACON to earn wages, esp. as the head of a household; to make a profit; broadly, to succeed in an endeavour → 1909 Amer. sl.
► BRING PIGS TO A FAIR MARKET to do well; to make a profit → 17C colloq.
► BRING PIGS TO A FINE MARKET to do well; to make a profit → 17C colloq.
► CANOODLE to share profits → a1800 Amer. theatrical usage
► CASH IN to reap a profit, reward, or advantage of any kind → 1928 US sl.
► CASH IN ON to profit from or turn to one’s advantage → 1930 US sl.
► CLEAN UP to make a profit → 1831 sl., orig. & chiefly US
► COIN IT to make a profit → 1863 sl.
► COIN MONEY to make a profit → 1863 sl.
► COME OUT AT THE BIG END OF THE HORN to come out profitably → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CUT A MELON ► CUT THE MELON to share profits; to share large profits between a number of people → 1908
► EARN to make a dishonest profit from a crime → 1950s UK criminals’ sl.
► EAT to take a profit from criminality → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► FEATHER ONE’S NEST to avail oneself of opportunities for laying up wealth, to enrich oneself; to make a good profit → 1583
► HAVE ONE’S HEART UPON ONE’S POUCH to be set upon one’s private profit → 1583 obs.
► KNOCK PERSIMMONS to succeed, to win, to make a profit → M19 sl.
► LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK to relish one’s profits → 1969 sl.
► MAKE BOOT OF to make profit of; to gain → 1606 obs.
► MAKE OUT LIKE A BANDIT to make a very large profit → 2009 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MINT to make a good deal of money, to profit → M19 sl.
► MINT GOLD to make a good deal of money, to profit → M19 sl.
► MINT IT to make a good deal of money, to profit → M19 sl.
► MINT MONEY to make a good deal of money, to profit → M19 sl.
► RAKE IN to make a profit → 1583
► RAKE IN THE SHEKELS to make a profit → 1583
► RAKE IT IN to make a profit → 1583
► RAKE UP THE PERSIMMONS to succeed, to win, to make a profit → M19 sl.
► RUN BEFORE ONE’S HORSE TO MARKET to anticipate profit or success from a transaction before it has been completed → 1597 obs.
► VANTAGE 1. to profit or benefit one → c1460 arch.
2. to make gain or profit → 1563 obs.