Usage examples for profit
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The sewin' society was all in favor of the idea an' now if the square only takes it up with a real mother's heart I don't see why we shouldn'tget some profit out o' keepin' a minister yet. – Susan Clegg and a Man in the House by Anne Warner
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That may bring you profit, my Lord- but, Clerk, proceed. – The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6) by Aphra Behn
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It is my duty to have loved the highest, It surely was my profit had I known, It would have been my pleasure had I seen. – The Pleasures of Life by Sir John Lubbock