makeshift stopgap make-do | something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency |
point after point after touchdown extra point | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown |
shuffle shuffling make | the act of mixing cards haphazardly |
busywork make-work | active work of little value, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork |
make-believe pretend | the enactment of a pretense, it was just pretend |
nonprofit organization nonprofit not-for-profit | an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities |
extra duplicate | something additional of the same kind, he always carried extras in case of an emergency |
makeup make-up war paint | cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance |
constitution composition physical composition makeup make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed |
extra large | a garment size for a very large person |
profit gain | the advantageous quality of being beneficial |
pretense pretence make-believe | imaginative intellectual play |
brand make | a recognizable kind, there's a new brand of hero in the movies now, what make of car is that? |
extra | an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis) |
makeup make-up | an event that is substituted for a previously cancelled event, he missed the test and had to take a makeup, the two teams played a makeup one week later |
conciliator make-peace pacifier peacemaker reconciler | someone who tries to bring peace |
profit taker | someone who sells stock shares at a profit |
supernumerary spear carrier extra | a minor actor in crowd scenes |
net income net net profit lucre profit profits earnings | the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other nonash expenses) |
paper profit | an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price |
windfall profit | profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it |
gross profit gross profit margin margin | (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold |
margin of profit profit margin gross margin | the ratio gross profits divided by net sales |
profit sharing | a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business |
income statement earnings report operating statement profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period |
profit and loss profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss |
extra dividend | a dividend paid in addition to the regular dividend |
overtime extra time | playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie |
extra innings | overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning, e.g. baseball |
make | act in a certain way so as to acquire, make friends, make enemies |
relax unstrain unlax loosen up unwind make relaxed | cause to feel relaxed, A hot bath always relaxes me |
grimace make a face pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state, He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do |
make up | apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier, She makes herself up every morning |
f make urinate piddle puddle micturate piss pee pee-pee make water relieve oneself take a leak spend a penny wee wee-wee pass water | eliminate urine, Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug |
stool defecate shit take a shit take a crap ca-ca crap make | have a bowel movement, The dog had made in the flower beds |
make | behave in a certain way, make merry |
make as if | begin or appear to begin an action, He made as if to shake my hand |
make get | give certain properties to something, get someone mad, She made us look silly, He made a fool of himself at the meeting, Don't make this into a big deal, This invention will make you a millionaire, Make yourself clear |
develop make grow | cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development, The perfect climate here develops the grain, He developed a new kind of apple |
make make up | put in order or neaten, make the bed, make up a room |
fill fill up make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense, fill a container, fill the child with pride |
purify sublimate make pure distill | remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation, purify the water |
make c | develop into, He will make a splendid father! |
save make unnecessary | make unnecessary an expenditure or effort, This will save money, I'll save you the trouble, This will save you a lot of time |
make f | change from one form into another, make water into wine, make lead into gold, make clay into bricks |
make e | favor the development of, Practice makes the winner |
make | cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable, make my day |
make out | comprehend, I cannot make out what this politician is saying |
lay down establish make d | institute, enact, or establish, make laws |
decide make up one's mind determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something, We finally decided after lengthy deliberations |