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profit(s)

0When to use 'profits' instead of 'profit'?02br
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00Is 'profits' the plural form of 'profit'? If so, how do you count profit?0-
  

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0profit:the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) 02br
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00profits: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) 02br
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00So, what differentiates them? I realize company earnings news normally (but not always)
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0 01i00>I realize company earnings news normally (but not always) use 'profits', do you know why? This is very confusing to me.02i02br
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00It's obvious that large companies make more than just one profit. That's why it is "profits". Think about it in your mother tongue.02br
00If you sell lemonades in a hot summer day and you return to your
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0So, if a friend were to ask me about my profits, he would say "Did you make profit01font00s02font00 this week?", is that correct?02br
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00FYI, my native language does not distinguish plural from singular. 050010id6
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0 01i00>So, if a friend were to ask me about my profits, he would say "Did you make profit01font00s02font00 this week?", is that correct?02i02br
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00Actually, "Did you make 01b01font00any02font02b00 profit00s this week?" is more correct for plu
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