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tuotto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avail verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
  • boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • proceeds noun The money made from a sale, event, or activity.
  • profit noun The financial gain made after subtracting costs from revenue.
  • revenue noun The total money a business, organization, or government takes in before costs are subtracted.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.
  • yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

tuotto is used for these senses in English:

  • avail (now, _, only, _, US) Proceeds; profits from business transactions. [from 15th c.]
  • boot (uncountable) Profit, plunder.
  • issue (now, _, rare) The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties.
  • proceeds Revenue; gross revenue.
  • profit (dated, literary) Benefit, positive result obtained.
  • revenue The income returned by an investment.
  • take Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.

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.

boot — full definition

  1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
  2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
  3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
  4. verb To kick something or someone.
  5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

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