proceeds

/ (ˈprəʊsiːdz) /

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pl n

the profit or return derived from a commercial transaction, investment, etc

the result, esp the revenue or total sum, accruing from some undertaking or course of action, as in commerce

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How to use proceeds in a sentence

Koenig proceeds to deliver her deeply conflicted, sorta-kinda support for Adnan.
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The Great Caen Controversy proceeds from two apparently diametrically opposed statements of fact.
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He proceeds to tease me, asking if our interview is “secretly a date?”
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I asked if I could design some items for him, and then if all the proceeds could go to any charity of his choice.
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She acts as a sort of lie detector, but proceeds through elegant narrative rather than binary test.
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It reminds me of those snow-balls the boys roll up at home—the crowd gathers as it proceeds!
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Syfe settled with him in cash by taking a large loan on his homestead and giving Barr the proceeds.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
It proceeds neither from wrath, that is, from the fear of their wrath, nor from a conscientious sense of obligation to obey them.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
When within sight of Godalming, the road descends suddenly and proceeds along level lands through which runs the winding Wey.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper
And if he sells his homestead and with the proceeds buys another, the second is as fully protected from creditors as the other.
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