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

profit \prof"it\, v. t. imp.  p. p. profited; p. pr.  vb.
   n. profiting. f. profiter. see profit, n.
   to be of service to; to be good to; to help on; to benefit;
   to advantage; to avail; to aid; as, truth profits all men.
   1913 webster

         the word preached did not profit them.   --heb. iv. 2.
   1913 webster

         it is a great means of profiting yourself, to copy
         diligently excellent pieces and beautiful designs.
                                                  --dryden.
   1913 webster
see also:
profited profiting profit 

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

profit \prof"it\, v. i.
   1. to gain advantage; to make improvement; to improve; to
      gain; to advance.
      1913 webster

            i profit not by thy talk.             --shak.
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   2. to be of use or advantage; to do or bring good.
      1913 webster

            riches profit not in the day of wrath. --prov. xi.
                                                  4.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

profit \pro"fit\, n. f., fr. l. profectus advance, progress,
   profit, fr. profectum. see proficient.
   1. acquisition beyond expenditure; excess of value received
      for producing, keeping, or selling, over cost; hence,
      pecuniary gain in any transaction or occupation;
      emolument; as, a profit on the sale of goods.
      1913 webster

            let no man anticipate uncertain profits. --rambler.
      1913 webster

   2. accession of good; valuable results; useful consequences;
      benefit; avail; gain; as, an office of profit,
      1913 webster

            this i speak for your own profit.     --1 cor. vii.
                                                  35.
      1913 webster

            if you dare do yourself a profit and a right.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   syn: benefit; avail; service; improvement; advancement; gain;
        emolument.
        1913 webster
see also:
proficient 

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

turn \turn\ t^urn, v. i.
   1. to move round; to have a circular motion; to revolve
      entirely, repeatedly, or partially; to change position, so
      as to face differently; to whirl or wheel round; as, a
      wheel turns on its axis; a spindle turns on a pivot; a man
      turns on his heel.
      1913 webster

            the gate . . . on golden hinges turning. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support; to hinge;
      to depend; as, the decision turns on a single fact.
      1913 webster

            conditions of peace certainly turn upon events of
            war.                                  --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. to result or terminate; to come about; to eventuate; to
      issue.
      1913 webster

            if we repent seriously, submit contentedly, and
            serve him faithfully, afflictions shall turn to our
            advantage.                            --wake.
      1913 webster

   4. to be deflected; to take a different direction or
      tendency; to be directed otherwise; to be differently
      applied; to be transferred; as, to turn from the road.
      1913 webster

            turn from thy fierce wrath.           --ex. xxxii.
                                                  12.
      1913 webster

            turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways. --ezek.
                                                  xxxiii. 11.
      1913 webster

            the understanding turns inward on itself, and
            reflects on its own operations.       --locke.
      1913 webster

   5. to be changed, altered, or transformed; to become
      transmuted; also, to become by a change or changes; to
      grow; as, wood turns to stone; water turns to ice; one
      color turns to another; to turn muslim.
      1913 webster

            i hope you have no intent to turn husband. --shak.
      1913 webster

            cygnets from gray turn white.         --bacon.
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   6. to undergo the process of turning on a lathe; as, ivory
      turns well.
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   7. specifically: 
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      a to become acid; to sour; -- said of milk, ale, etc.
          1913 webster
      b to become giddy; -- said of the head or brain.
          1913 webster

                i'll look no more;
                lest my brain turn.               --shak.
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      c to be nauseated; -- said of the stomach.
          1913 webster
      d to become inclined in the other direction; -- said of
          scales.
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      e to change from ebb to flow, or from flow to ebb; --
          said of the tide.
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      f obstetrics to bring down the feet of a child in the
          womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
          1913 webster

   8. print. to invert a type of the same thickness, as
      temporary substitute for any sort which is exhausted.
      1913 webster

   to turn about, to face to another quarter; to turn around.
      

   to turn again, to come back after going; to return. --shak.

   to turn against, to become unfriendly or hostile to.

   to turn aside or to turn away.
      a to turn from the direct course; to withdraw from a
          company; to deviate.
      b to depart; to remove.
      c to avert one's face.

   to turn back, to turn so as to go in an opposite direction;
      to retrace one's steps.

   to turn in.
      a to bend inward.
      b to enter for lodgings or entertainment.
      c to go to bed. colloq.

   to turn into, to enter by making a turn; as, to turn into a
      side street.

   to turn off, to be diverted; to deviate from a course; as,
      the road turns off to the left.

   to turn on or to turn upon.
      a to turn against; to confront in hostility or anger.
      b to reply to or retort.
      c to depend on; as, the result turns on one condition.
          

   to turn out.
      a to move from its place, as a bone.
      b to bend or point outward; as, his toes turn out.
      c to rise from bed. colloq.
      d to come abroad; to appear; as, not many turned out to
          the fire.
      e to prove in the result; to issue; to result; as, the
          crops turned out poorly.

   to turn over, to turn from side to side; to roll; to
      tumble.

   to turn round.
      a to change position so as to face in another direction.
      b to change one's opinion; to change from one view or
          party to another.

   to turn to, to apply one's self to; to have recourse to; to
      refer to. "helvicus's tables may be turned to on all
      occasions." --locke.

   to turn to account, profit, advantage, or the like, to
      be made profitable or advantageous; to become worth the
      while.

   to turn under, to bend, or be folded, downward or under.

   to turn up.
      a to bend, or be doubled, upward.
      b to appear; to come to light; to transpire; to occur;
          to happen.
          1913 webster
see also:
to turn about to turn again to turn against to turn aside to turn away to turn back 
to turn in to turn into to turn off to turn on to turn upon 
to turn out to turn over to turn round to turn to to turn to account 
profit advantage to turn under to turn up 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

profit
     n 1: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
          time including depreciation and other non-cash
          expenses syn: net income, net, net profit, lucre,
           profits, earnings
     2: the advantageous quality of being beneficial syn: gain
     v 1: derive a benefit from; "she profited from his vast
          experience" syn: gain, benefit
     2: make a profit; gain money or materially; "the company has
        not profited from the merger" syn: turn a profit ant:
         lose, break even
see also:
net income net net profit lucre profits earnings 
gain benefit turn a profit lose break even 

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

188 moby thesaurus words for "profit":
   advance, advantage, advantageousness, advisability, aid, answer,
   appropriateness, avail, avails, bait, be handy, be of use,
   be right, befit, befitting, behalf, behoof, beneficialness,
   benefit, benison, bestead, blessing, boon, box office,
   break no bones, bribe, capital gains, capitalize on, carrot,
   cash in on, clean up, cleaning, cleanup, clear, clear profit,
   coin money, commercialize, commissions, convenience, credit,
   credits, decency, desirability, disposable income, dividend,
   dividends, do, do good, do no harm, do the trick, earn,
   earned income, earnings, encouragement, excess, expedience,
   expediency, exploit, favor, feasibility, fill the bill, fillip,
   filthy lucre, fit, fitness, fittingness, forward, fruitfulness,
   further, gain, gain by, gains, gate, gate receipts, get, gettings,
   give good returns, gleanings, good, gravy, gross, gross income,
   gross profit, gross receipts, help, hoard, improve, incentive,
   incitement, income, inducement, intake, interest, invitation,
   killing, lucre, lure, make, make a killing, make money,
   make money by, makings, maximize, neat profit, net, net income,
   net profit, net receipts, not come amiss, opportuneness, output,
   paper profits, pay, pay off, payment, pelf, percentage, perk,
   perks, perquisite, persuasive, pickings, point, politicness,
   proceeds, produce, product, production, profitability, profits,
   promote, propriety, provocation, prudence, rake-off, realize,
   realize on, receipt, receipts, receivables, return, returns,
   revenue, reward, rightness, royalties, seasonableness, seemliness,
   serve, serve the purpose, service, stimulation, stimulative,
   stimulus, store, suffice, suit the occasion, suitability, surplus,
   sweetener, sweetening, take, take advantage of, take-in, takings,
   timeliness, turn a penny, turn to account, turn to profit, turnout,
   unearned income, use, usefulness, utilize, value, wealth, welfare,
   well-being, whet, winnings, wisdom, work, work for, world of good,
   worth, worthwhileness, yield, yield a profit

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