Profit Definition
- lose
- break-even
- miss out on
- lose out on
- loss
Origin of Profit
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From Middle English profit, from Old French profit (French: profit)., from Latin profectus (“advance, progress, growth, increase, profit"), from proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, be profitable or useful"); see proficient.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French from Latin prōfectus from past participle of prōficere make progress, to profit prō- forward pro–1 facere to make dhē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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