profiter — 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.
- benefit noun An advantage, gain, or help that comes from something.
- 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.
- scrounge verb To search for or obtain something, especially by asking others or making do with what is available.
Senses
profiter 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.
- benefit (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
- cash in (figurative, often, followed by on) To profit from something; to take advantage of an opportunity in order to profit, especially financially; to capitalize on.
- leverage (transitive, chiefly, US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to manipulate in order to take full advantage (of something).
- make the most of (idiomatic, transitive) To realise the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.
- profit (transitive) To benefit (somebody), be of use to (somebody).
- profit (intransitive, construed with from) To benefit, gain.
- scrounge (intransitive) To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
avail — full definition
- verb To make use of an opportunity or resource, usually for one's own benefit.
- noun Use or benefit, especially in the phrase "to no avail," meaning without success.
benefit — full definition
- noun An advantage, gain, or help that comes from something.
- noun A payment provided under an insurance policy or government support scheme.
- verb To gain an advantage; to be helped by something.