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• profit sharing
  profit sharing

  noun

  the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
• profit-sharing
  profit-sharing

  noun

  a system in which a portion of the net profit of a business is distributed to its employees, usually in proportion to their wages or their length of service

profit sharing

American  

noun

1. the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.

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profit-sharing British  

noun

1. a system in which a portion of the net profit of a business is distributed to its employees, usually in proportion to their wages or their length of service

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profit sharing Cultural  

1. Distributing the profits, or part of the profits, of a business to its employees.

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Other Word Forms

• profitsharing adjective

Etymology

Origin of profit sharing

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

“How is this all going to be financed? How’s the profit sharing to work?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Westinghouse’s AP1000 line of nuclear reactors will be used, the announcement said, and there would be profit sharing for all parties, including the U.S. government, once certain thresholds are met.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

Although Mr Kretinsky said he is "very open" to profit sharing, he is not in favour of shared ownership.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

Union officials hope to address members’ lingering concerns in subsequent contracts, both in higher wages and possibly in profit sharing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

This experiment split on the rock of dissension in 1875, but in the meantime others, either in imitation of their plan or independently, had introduced the same or other forms of profit sharing.

From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Cheyney, Edward Potts