Profit machen

to make a profit

Türkçe: kâr etmek

Noun

Profit m.

Verb

machen

Topic

Finanzen

In a sentence

Mit dieser Investition macht er einen guten Profit.

How it is used

Means 'to make a profit' – generating financial gain. Neutral business term. Used in startups or annual reports. Avoid using for non-financial gains; that would be 'Nutzen ziehen'.

Other verbs that go with Profit

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Profit bringento bring in profit
• Profit versprechento promise profit

All collocations with Profit

Other collocations built on machen

• sich zum Affen machento make a fool of oneself
• (s)einen Abschluss machento make a deal
• eine Andeutung machento make a hint/suggestion
• den / einen Anfang machen mit+Dat.to be the first to begin something
• jdm. ein Angebot machento propose a deal or price to someone
• Angaben machen zu+Dat.to provide details/information about something
• jdm. Ärger bereiten / machento cause trouble/annoyance for someone
• jdm. Angst machento scare/frighten someone