[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

proceeds \pro"ceeds\, n. pl.
   that which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue;
   product; sum accruing from a sale, etc.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

proceeds
     n : the income arising from land or other property; "the average
         return was about 5" syn: return, issue, take, takings,
          yield, payoff
see also:
return issue take takings yield payoff 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

76 moby thesaurus words for "proceeds":
   aftermath, avails, bearing, box office, bumper crop, capital gains,
   cleanup, clear profit, commissions, credit, credits, crop,
   disposable income, dividend, dividends, earned income, earnings,
   filthy lucre, fruit, gain, gains, gate, gate receipts, get,
   gettings, gleanings, gross, gross income, gross profit,
   gross receipts, harvest, hoard, income, intake, interest, killing,
   lucre, make, makings, neat profit, net, net income, net profit,
   net receipts, output, paper profits, pelf, percentage, perk, perks,
   perquisite, pickings, produce, product, production, profit,
   profits, rake-off, receipt, receipts, receivables, return, returns,
   revenue, royalties, second crop, store, take, take-in, takings,
   throughput, unearned income, vintage, wealth, winnings, yield

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