What is profit?
A person or company can sell a product or service, and mark up the cost to the customer over what it costs them to produce.  The amount of money that you can sell something for, over the amount of money it cost to produce and sell that item, is profit.
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What is profit?

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A person or company can sell a product or service, and mark up the cost to the customer over what it costs them to produce.  The amount of money that you can sell something for, over the amount of money it cost to produce and sell that item, is profit.
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