profiteren — meaning in English

English meaning

• avail verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
• leverage noun Power or influence used to get an advantage or achieve a desired result.
• profit noun The financial gain made after subtracting costs from revenue.

Senses

profiteren is used for these senses in English:

• avail (intransitive) To be of use or advantage; to answer or serve the purpose; to have strength, force, or efficacy sufficient to accomplish the object.
• leverage (transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
• profit (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
• profit (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
• profit (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.

avail — full definition

1. verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
2. noun Use or benefit, especially in the phrase "to no avail," meaning without success.

leverage — full definition

1. noun Power or influence used to get an advantage or achieve a desired result.
2. noun The use of borrowed money to increase the potential return of an investment.
3. verb To use something to maximum advantage.

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