net profit

American  

noun

net profits plural

1. the actual profit made on a business transaction, sale, etc., or during a specific period of business activity, after deducting all costs from gross receipts.

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net profit British  

noun

1. gross profit minus all operating costs not included in the calculation of gross profit, esp wages, overheads, and depreciation

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• net profits
  plural

Etymology

Origin of net profit

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

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net profit

The London-based bank reported a second-quarter net profit of $1.71 billion, beating expectations, and announced a $1.0 billion share buyback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The selling came after SK hynix's April-June operating profit and revenue came in below expectations, even as net profit soared a forecast-beating 1,242 percent.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Revenues of KRW 79 trillion and net profit of KRW 93.9 trillion were also the best recorded.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

The Macquarie analysts tell clients in a note that they expect an adjusted net profit for Seek’s most recent fiscal year, which ended June 30, of A$199 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Her net profit, therefore, would be as great as that of someone who read a great deal but remembered very little.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg