Profiting
['prɑfɪt]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Profit
(n.) Gain; advantage; profit.
Typist: Terrence
Examples
- Profiting then by the surprise of his spectators the showman began to offer them his magic portfolio at the price of five sous for the small size and ten for the large. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- There is nothing great about you, yet you are above profiting by the good nature and purse of a man to whom you feel absolute indifference. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I don't believe there is any gentleman in this university who is capable of profiting by such an action. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And I can't be happy in working with you, or profiting by you. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Terrence