proceeds

/ ˈprəʊsiːdz /

plural noun

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

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

Example Sentences

Also, more firms are using IPO proceeds to repay debt, according to KIE, and backers like private-equity investors are cashing out.

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The previous permit allowed Chevron to sell all the oil it pumped, and Venezuela’s proceeds were funneled through private banks to the local economy.

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Calling themselves the Heritage Hunks, the group have been photographed against historical backdrops of the village, with proceeds going towards Prostate Cancer UK and local charity King's Cliffe Heritage.

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Mr. Zipperstein faults Blake Bailey’s nearly 900-page authorized biography as “curiously tone-deaf to the writing at the epicenter of Roth’s life” and proceeds to tune our ears back to that center.

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They can sell their stock and defer capital-gains tax, potentially forever, so long as they use the proceeds to invest in a diversified portfolio or buy Treasury securities.

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Related Words

• income 
• profit 
• revenue 
• reward