a mischief
mischief-making
mischievousness
deviltry devilry devilment
rascality
roguery
roguishness
shenanigan ddd | reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others |
sexual love
lovemaking
making love
love
love life | sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people, his lovemaking disgusted her, he hadn't had any love in months, he has a very complicated love life |
lace making
tatting | the act or art of making handmade lace |
devising
fashioning
making | the act that results in something coming to be, the devising of plans, the fashioning of pots and pans, the making of measurements, it was already in the making |
moviemaking
movie making
film making | the production of movies |
winemaking
wine making | the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine |
nonprofit organization
nonprofit
not-for-profit | an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities |
slave-making ant
slave-maker | an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants |
| making | (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something, the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake |
qualification
making | an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something, her qualifications for the job are excellent, one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree, she has the makings of fine musician |
profit
gain | the advantageous quality of being beneficial |
decision making
deciding | the cognitive process of reaching a decision, a good executive must be good at decision making |
informing
making known | a speech act that conveys information |
| profit taker | someone who sells stock shares at a profit |
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 |
leak
wetting
making water
passing water | a euphemism for urination, he had to take a leak |
photomechanics
photoplate making | the process whereby printing surfaces (plates or cylinders) are produced by photographic methods, photomechanics revolutionized the practice of printing |
profit
turn a profit | make a profit, gain money or materially, The company has not profited from the merger |
| profit gain benefit | derive a benefit from, She profited from his vast experience |
nonprofit
non-profit-making | not commercially motivated |
| policy-making | concerned with policy, not administration |
epochal
epoch-making | highly significant or important especially bringing about or marking the beginning of a new development or era, epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill, an epoch-making discovery |
profit-maximizing
profit-maximising | making the profit as great as possible, the profit-maximizing price |