- profitieren
- v/i profit (von, bei from); er kann dabei nur profitieren he only stands to gain* * *to profit* * *pro|fi|tie|ren [profi'tiːrən] ptp profitiertvti(von from, by) to profit; (fig auch) to gain
viel/etwas profitíéren (lit) — to make a large profit/to make something of a profit; (fig) to profit greatly/somewhat
davon hat er wenig profitiert (lit) — he didn't make much of a profit from it; (fig) he didn't profit much or didn't gain a great deal from it
dabei kann ich nur profitíéren — I only stand to gain from it, I can't lose
und was profitierst du dabei or davon? — what do you stand to gain from or by it?
* * *((with from or by) to gain profit(s) from: The business profited from its exports; He profited by his opponent's mistakes.) profit* * *pro·fi·tie·ren *[profiˈti:rən]vi (geh)[bei etw dat/von etw dat] [mehr] \profitieren to make [or gain] [more of] a profit [from sth]viel \profitieren to make a large profitdavon habe ich kaum profitiert I didn't make much of a profit therevon jdm/etw [mehr] \profitieren (fig) to profit [more] from [or by] sb/sthdabei kann ich nur \profitieren I only stand to gain from it, I can't lose* * *intransitives Verb profit (von, bei by)ich kann dabei nur profitieren — I can't lose
* * *profitieren v/i profit (von, bei from);er kann dabei nur profitieren he only stands to gain* * *intransitives Verb profit (von, bei by)ich kann dabei nur profitieren — I can't lose
* * *v.to profit v.
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