Finance 1. For a single transaction, the excess of the selling price of the article or service being sold over the costs of providing it. 2. For a period of trading, the surplus of net assets at the start of that period, adjusted where relevant for amounts of capital injected ar withdrawn by the proprietors. As profit is notoriously hard to define, it is not always possible to derive one single figure of profit for an organization from an accepted set of data.

Finance An increase in the capital value of an asset between the time of its acquisition by its owner and its sale by that owner.

Finance A profit arising from the disposal of a capital asset.

Profit obtained while a dispute over land ownership is ongoing

Finance Profits divided by total operating revenue.