to sell at a profit

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• profit — / prɒfɪt/ noun money gained from a sale which is more than the money spent on making the item sold or on providing the service offered ♦ profit after tax profit after tax has been paid ♦ to take your profit to sell shares at a higher price than… …   Marketing dictionary in english

• profit — / prɒfɪt/ noun money gained from a sale which is more than the money spent on making the item sold or on providing the service offered ♦ to take your profit to sell shares at a higher price than was paid for them, and so realise the profit,… …   Dictionary of banking and finance

• profit-taking — ˈprofit ˌtaking noun [uncountable] FINANCE when investors on a financial market sell investments in order to profit from a rise in prices: • Prices settled lower after profit taking late in the session by commodity fund managers. * * *… …   Financial and business terms

• sell — W1S1 [sel] v past tense and past participle sold [səuld US sould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give something for money)¦ 2¦(make something available)¦ 3¦(make somebody want something)¦ 4¦(be bought)¦ 5 sell like hot cakes 6¦(idea/plan)¦ 7 sell yourself 8 sell… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sell — [sel] vt. sold, selling [ME sellen < OE sellan, to give, offer, akin to Goth saljan, to offer (sacrifice): caus. formation in sense “to cause to take” < IE base * sel , to take, grasp > SALE, Gr helein, to take] 1. to give up, deliver,… …   English World dictionary

• sell on — To sell (what one has bought) to someone else • • • Main Entry: ↑sell * * * ˌsell ˈon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sell on he/she/it sells o …   Useful english dictionary

• sell — vb sold, sell·ing vt 1: to transfer ownership of by sale compare barter, convey, give 2: to offer for sale …   Law dictionary

• sell short — v. To sell shares of stock or other commodities borrowed from someone else, intending to buy them back at a lower price later so as to make a profit and still be able to return the shares or their value to their original owner. n. short sale See… …   Law dictionary

• profit taking — profit ,taking noun uncount BUSINESS a situation where business people sell STOCK while it is rising in value in order to make a profit …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• profit margin — profit .margin n the difference between the cost of producing something and the price at which you sell it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• profit margin — profit ,margin noun count the difference between how much money you get when you sell something and how much it costs you to buy or make it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English