Grammatical class

Noun

profit

profit, benefit

Details

Syllables

pro-fit

Phonetics

pʁo.fi

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

2345

Freq. (movies)

3257

Freq. (news)

1873

Sentences

Il met à profit ses opportunités.

He makes the most of his opportunities.

A1

Sami a mis ses compétences à profit.

Sami put his skills to use.

A1

J'ai tiré un gros profit de ce livre.

I got much benefit from that book.

A1

Elle tire souvent profit de son ignorance.

She often takes advantage of his ignorance.

A1

Il tira un grand profit du livre.

He derived great benefit from the book.

A2

Il n'y a pas de profit sans risque.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

A2

Il a su tirer profit de ses connaissances.

He managed to take advantage of his knowledge.

B1

Le but est toujours le profit maximum.

The goal is always the maximum profit.

B1

Mais je n'en tire pas vraiment profit.

But I don't really profit from it.

B1

Un homme sage tire profit de ses erreurs.

A wise man profits from his mistakes.

B1

Tom veut un plus gros pourcentage du profit.

Tom wants a better percentage of the profits.

B1

La braderie m'a rapporté un profit.

The rummage sale netted me a profit.

B2