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

See Examples For:

net profit

The higher costs could reduce Tenaga’s 2026 expected net profit by about 2.0%-2.5%, while the impact beyond December remains unclear, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Hall said he had "not made any net profit" from running the draws.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Hit also by US tariffs, the carmaker posted a loss of £244 million for its fiscal year ending in March, compared with a net profit of £1.8 billion in 2024-25.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Impala Platinum reported a net profit of 31.04 billion South African rand for the fiscal year ended June 30, up from 761 million rand last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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