prospect of profit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprospectandprofit
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prospect
noun
uk/ˈprɒs.pekt/us/ˈprɑː.spekt/
the possibility that something good might happen in ...
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profit
noun
uk/ˈprɒf.ɪt/us/ˈprɑː.fɪt/
money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods ...
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(Definition ofprospectandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We cannot accept that some players, driven solely by theprospectofprofit, expose the non-commercial functions to the risks inherent in banking.
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One shudders at theprospectofprofitdominating safety and about the possible threat to security.
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The owners who to-day are giving orders for ships are doing it with littleprospectofprofit.
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To attract investment, industry—capitalism—needs theprospectofprofit.
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It will occur where there is aprospectofprofit.
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People will not do that unless there is theprospectofprofit.
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First, industry does not expand and invest without theprospectofprofit.
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In order to do this, particularly and predominantly in the export industries, there must be a reasonableprospectofprofit.
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Competitiveness involves all three—investment, which depends on theprospectofprofit, management and co-operation by the work force.
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We have a worrying position in which vastly accelerated borrowings are being matched by littleprospectofprofit.
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They need aprospectofprofitand a future that encourages investment and growth.
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But what generates investment is theprospectofprofit.
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They are intended to transfer to them the risk in exchange for theprospectofprofit.
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Where will there be aprospectofprofit?
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Industry should be given back theprospectofprofit.
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It does not matter how insistent human needs may be, unless there is aprospectofprofitthose needs will not be met.
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The other is that investment is highly desirable and socially good and should be undertaken no matter what littleprospectofprofitthere is before it.
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Children may go about ragged and shoeless, but that will not turn one loom or set one boot machine going, unless there is aprospectofprofit.
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The knights were drawn to battle by feudal and social obligation, and also by theprospectofprofitand advancement.
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