turn a profit

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turn a profit (third-person singular simple present turns a profit, present participle turning a profit, simple past and past participle turned a profit)

  1. (idiomatic) To obtain profit from an investment.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To gain money or to gain materially.
    The company has not turned a profit from the merger.
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