(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.

(transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody). / (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain. / (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.

plural of profitability

The quality of being profitable; gainfulness; usefulness; advantageousness.

An organization whose goal is to make a profit.

(of an organization) For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organisation that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money.

A surname.

Producing a profit. / Beneficial, serviceable, of use.

A not-for-profit company or organization.

(Of a company or organization) providing goods or services but not for the purpose of making a profit.