substantial profit

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandprofit

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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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 ofsubstantialandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am not suggesting that there is going to be asubstantialprofitin it.
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Were he to do that and still sell the set to the public for £1, he would even then be making asubstantialprofit.
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Now, with asubstantialprofit, is this not the moment to reconsider it?
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In spite of fog, snow, and other difficulties, the passengers were carried according to budget, and a verysubstantialprofitwas made.
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In some services, there is, first, increasing spending, secondly, a great deal of inefficiency and, thirdly, verysubstantialprofitmargins.
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Up to the present time, so far from making a loss, we have made asubstantialprofit.
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It made asubstantialprofitthe interest on which, after investment, has been distributed and is still being distributed to various deserving causes.
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Under his proposed new clause that profit—perhaps a verysubstantialprofit— would be made wholly tax-free.
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They are no longer in the position, as has hitherto been the case, of being able to makesubstantialprofitby reselling gas.
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At the moment it is booming and making asubstantialprofit, which the ratepayers enjoy.
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I do not think that it has made asubstantialprofitin that time.
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Far from there being asubstantialprofit, there is an estimated deficit of £130,000.
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There is also a danger for inexperienced customers of percentages being fixed unfairly so as to leave the suppliers with an unconscionablysubstantialprofit.
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For financial purposes, counter services are reckoned in isolation, but they also make asubstantialprofit—it is likely to be £12 million this year.
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On this basis this strip mill would be calculated to make asubstantialprofit.
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There is a verysubstantialprofitto the general taxpayer in the collection of this tax, and costs of administration are by no means disproportionate.
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Thesubstantialprofit, which it is hoped will support futher investment and guarantee the company's future, comes from overseas sales.
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It is true that, when a competitive market for cars is introduced, asubstantialprofitmargin will be taken from somewhere else.
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It has been turned from an organisation making tremendous losses to asubstantialprofit-earner.
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In this manner they avoid transport costs, and they make a moresubstantialprofit.
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