quick profit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofquickandprofit
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quick
adjective
uk/kwɪk/us/kwɪk/
happening or done with great speed, or lasting only a ...
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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 ofquickandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A satisfied customer is a good deal better than aquickprofit.
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All those taxes were devised to catch thequickprofit.
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That is why the market has been less attractive to those who are interested only in making aquickprofit.
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We want entrepreneurs to believe in the workers and not simply to be in their businesses for aquickprofit.
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I should have thought that a speculator in land, like a speculator in any investment, normally aims to get a quick return—aquickprofit.
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Speculators buy and sell shares to make aquickprofit.
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One of the worries that one has is that such people may succumb to the temptation to make aquickprofitby buying their house.
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Generally speaking, it is the poor who miss thequickprofitbecause they cannot afford the catastrophe of loss.
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We are glad to see that there is some penalty on thequickprofit"gentlemen", but are we satisfied that that is enough?
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He was not trying to make aquickprofit.
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There is plenty of money to be found, at a price, when there is aquickprofitto be made.
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What dealers have is a gambler's instinct for a one-way bet and aquickprofit.
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Our communities have dissolved almost overnight because of uncaring landlords who are interested only in aquickprofit.
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There is nothing for them to gain from a short, sharpquickprofitin the courts.
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Then he is tempted to take hisquickprofit, which is what it is, instead of keeping and enjoying his picture.
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The people we must watch are the newcomers, the big boys moving in on something which they think will show aquickprofit.
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One has to use the word "speculators", because why would these people buy these shares unless they thought that they would make aquickprofit?
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Yet many people who should know better believe in the concept of the "shrewd business man" who will do anything forquickprofit.
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