PROFITEER in a Sentence
Learn PROFITEER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
210 example sentences for PROFITEER, such as:
1. They sold the business at a profit / loss.
2. In the final analysis, profit is the motive.
3. Many receive advice only the wise profit by it.
4. The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.
5. I mean to make my profit of Mrs Wallis, however.
2. In the final analysis, profit is the motive.
3. Many receive advice only the wise profit by it.
4. The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.
5. I mean to make my profit of Mrs Wallis, however.
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Meanings and Examples of PROFITEER
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profiteer
n. someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply)
v. make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods
Classic Sentence: (107 in 8 pages)
1 The trouble with most of us Southerners," continued Rhett Butler, "is that we either don't travel enough or we don't profit enough by our travels.
2 Half the money is honestly mine," he continued, "honestly made with the aid of honest Union patriots who were willing to sell out the Union behind its back--for one-hundred-per-cent profit on their goods.
3 Completely surrounding the state capitol was a host of promoters, speculators, seekers after contracts and others hoping to profit from the orgy of spending, and many were growing shamelessly rich.
4 No one, however, appeared to profit by the opportunity; and after a half hour of fruitless waiting she rose and wandered on.
5 Aniele had given the entire profit of her chickens for several months.
6 Also election day came round again, and Jurgis made half a week's wages out of that, all net profit.
7 They were followed at a little distance by the scout, with a view to profit early by their report, and to obtain some faint knowledge for himself of the more immediate localities.
8 He was alone, if the solitary sentinel who paced the mound be excepted; for the artillerists had hastened also to profit by the temporary suspension of their arduous duties.
9 "Why, when you have a job in hand that may bring a clean profit of somewhere about a thousand or sixteen hundred, why, Tom, you're onreasonable," said Haley.
10 It was used for milling corn, and brought in a handsome money profit.
11 And thus fortified, as I supposed, on every side, I began to profit by the strange immunities of my position.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
12 It leaveth no profit for the usages of the moneys; and, besides, the good horse may have suffered wrong in this day's encounter.
13 Everything is to be sold and paid for now; and all the things you mention now, Wragby and Shipley sells them to the people, at a good profit.
14 I mean to make my profit of Mrs Wallis, however.
15 Being himself childless, it was his openly expressed desire that the whole countryside should, within his own lifetime, profit by his good fortune, and many will have personal reasons for bewailing his untimely end.
Example Sentence: (103 in 7 pages)
1 How about the freedom to not have to worry that some greedy profiteer is going to plunder all of my retirement options?
2 We should be able to sell the house at a profit.
3 The firm will be able to undercut its competitors whilst still making a profit.
4 The agency is voluntary and not run for profit.
5 In the final analysis, it is the drug companies that are going to profit from this policy.
6 In the final analysis, profit is the motive.
7 The artist found much to his profit in the Louvre.
8 Let's assume the company makes ten pence profit on every widget they sell.
9 Further investment is contingent upon the company's profit performance.
10 When we know how much is profit, then we can apportion the money among/between us.
11 Under the old regime black marketeers would buy almost anything from Western tourists and resell it at an enormous profit.
12 That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.
13 They sold the business at a profit / loss.
14 Many receive advice only the wise profit by it.
15 A businessman should grab at any chance to make a profit.