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As I wrote I began to see more strongly that there were inescapable analogies. You couldn't really live through the '80s without feeling how crass and distasteful some of the economic doctrines were. The slave trade is a perfect model for that kind of total devotion to the profit motive without reckoning the human consequences.
Barry Unsworth

Meaning of "profit motive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROFIT MOTIVE

profit motive  [ˈprɒfɪt ˈməʊtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFIT MOTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Profit motive is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROFIT MOTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Profit motive

The profit motive is an economic concept which posits that the ultimate goal of a business is to make money. Stated differently, the reason for a business’s existence is to turn a profit. The profit motive functions on the rational choice theory, or the theory that individuals tend to pursue what is in their own best interests. Accordingly, businesses seek to benefit themselves and/or their shareholders by maximizing profits. As it extends beyond economics into ideology, the profit motive has been a great matter of contention.

Definition of profit motive in the English dictionary

The definition of profit motive in the dictionary is the incentive or desire to work or form a business in order to gain profit or make financial gains.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROFIT MOTIVE


automotive
ˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv
connotive
kəˈnəʊtɪv
consecutive
kənˈsɛkjʊtɪv
contributive
kənˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
denotive
dɪˈnəʊtɪv
diminutive
dɪˈmɪnjʊtɪv
distributive
dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv
electromotive
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈməʊtɪv
emotive
ɪˈməʊtɪv
evolutive
ɪˈvɒljʊtɪv
executive
ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv
locomotive
ˌləʊkəˈməʊtɪv
magnetomotive
mæɡˌniːtəʊˈməʊtɪv
motive
ˈməʊtɪv
nonautomotive
ˌnɒnˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv
promotive
prəˈməʊtɪv
redistributive
ˌriːdɪsˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
retributive
rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪv
terremotive
ˌtɛrɪˈməʊtɪv
votive
ˈvəʊtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFIT MOTIVE

profit
profit and loss
profit and loss account
profit centre
profit margin
profit squeeze
profit taking
profit warning
profit-making
profit-seeking
profit-sharing
profit-sharing scheme
profitability
profitability study
profitable
profitableness
profitably
profiteer
profiteering
profiter

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFIT MOTIVE

active
administrative
alternative
attractive
competitive
cooperative
creative
effective
in the negative
interactive
native
negative
perspective
positive
relative
representative
respective
sensitive
tank locomotive
ulterior motive

Synonyms and antonyms of profit motive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «profit motive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFIT MOTIVE

Find out the translation of profit motive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of profit motive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «profit motive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

利润动机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afán de lucro
570 millions of speakers

English

profit motive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाभ मकसद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دافع الربح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мотив прибыли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lucro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লাভের উদ্দেশ্যে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

recherche du profit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Motif keuntungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gewinnstreben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

利益の動機
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이윤 동기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Motif keuntungan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lợi nhuận động cơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலாப நோக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नफा हेतू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kâr amacı güden
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

profitto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zysk motywem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мотив прибутку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

motiv profit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κίνητρο του κέρδους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

winsmotief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vinstmotiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

profittmotivet
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFIT MOTIVE»

The term «profit motive» is regularly used and occupies the 68.091 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFIT MOTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about profit motive

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4 QUOTES WITH «PROFIT MOTIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word profit motive.
1
Tim O'Reilly
I believe that the human motive to share is very powerful. The human motive to profit is also very powerful, and I think that the profit motive and the sharing motive are not exclusive.
2
Tom Scholz
Turning corporations loose and letting the profit motive run amok is not a prescription for a more livable world.
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Barry Unsworth
As I wrote I began to see more strongly that there were inescapable analogies. You couldn't really live through the '80s without feeling how crass and distasteful some of the economic doctrines were. The slave trade is a perfect model for that kind of total devotion to the profit motive without reckoning the human consequences.
4
Philip Yancey
People instinctively know the difference between something done with a profit motive and something done with a love motive.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFIT MOTIVE»

Discover the use of profit motive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profit motive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Against the Profit Motive: The Salary Revolution in American ...
This book is the first to document American government's "for-profit" past, to discover how profit-seeking defined officials' relationship to the citizenry, and to explain how lawmakers-by banishing the profit motive in favor of the salary ...
Nicholas R. Parrillo, 2013
2
The Profit Motive and Patient Care: The Changing ...
This book is an analysis of the American health care system during a period of rapid change.
Bradford H. Gray, 1993
3
War Is a Racket (Large Print 16pt)
Widely appreciated and referenced by left- and right-wingers alike, this is an extraordinary argument against war - more relevant now than ever.
Smedley D. Butler, 2010
4
The Rotarian
It must be recognized by those who may be sincerely opposed to the profit motive because it does tend to stimulate the selfishness as well as the social service of individuals, that any system, any motive which might be designed as a substitute  ...
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The Rotarian
I HE PROFIT motive is, as everybody knows, the urge for profit which it is assumed keeps our economic order going — and how! But what is profit? I have heard educated and intelligent men assume that those of us who argue against profit are ...
6
The Value Motive: The Only Alternative to the Profit Motive
The Only Alternative to the Profit Motive Paul Kearns. many years. Yet the theory is only part of the challenge. In practical terms, the theories have to be adapted if they are to provide a foundation for policies that will aim to achieve the optimum ...
Paul Kearns, 2007
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Resources, Values and Development
... in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1967), pp. 96-105. From Lloyds Bank Review, 147 (January 1983), 1-20. 2. Samuel Brittan, Is There an Economic Consensus? An Attitude 90 The Profit Motive.
Amartya Sen, 1997
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J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2011: For Preparing Your 2010 ...
9.10 • Rentals Lacking Profit Motive Court Decision Allocation of Taxes and Interest The IRS position on allocating mortgage interest and real estate taxes to rental income is not as favorable as the position adopted by the Tax Court and ...
J. K. Lasser, 2010
9
Corporations and Morality
... and animosity between nations. It softens and polishes the manners of men."7 Adam Smith's Defense of the Profit Motive The eighteenth-century moral philosopher Adam Smith shared the brighter view of money-making. Best known for his ...
Thomas Donaldson, 1982
10
Basic Federal Income Tax
General rule: A taxpayer engaged in an activity without a profit motive may only deduct certain expenses associated with that activity. These expenses are (1) those that are deductible (under other Code sections) without regard to a profit ...
Gwendolyn Griffith Lieuallen, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFIT MOTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term profit motive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Litigation Finance Comes to Bankruptcy
“In any area that it operates, litigation financing distorts justice by injecting the profit motive into litigation and putting investors' interests ahead ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
As Oil Prices Slide Investors Prepare To Buy
It's interesting to watch as “experts” forecast its price, much of which is driven by a profit motive. What do I mean? One expert confidently asserts ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
3
It's official: Private prisons cost taxpayer more than state prisons
And that's not even to mention the media-saturated propaganda about how much more efficient the private sector is, how the profit motive ... «Politics.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
The Trouble With CAFOs
"This is a profit motive thing. These producers are making lots of money. They're getting government subsidies for cheap grain to feed to the ... «MTPR, Jul 15»
5
Michigan's forfeiture laws must change to protect the innocent
The seizing law enforcement agency can keep up to 100 percent of the proceeds from forfeitures, creating a perverse profit motive to target ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
6
Francis 'climate and capitalism' views may be pruning his US …
... science and faith are partners in a communal quest to protect the vulnerable from the rampant profit motive and exploitation of the Earth. «Ecumenical News, Jul 15»
7
Will the Planned Parenthood Attack Backfire on Antis?
Since the entire conversation was about how this was only reimbursement for costs and that there was no profit motive whatsoever and she has ... «RH Reality Check, Jul 15»
8
Optus, TPG add voices to criticism of 'dangerous' government fixed …
... warning that the price slash could adversely impact the migration of customers onto the NBN, as retailers would "have a profit motive to keep ... «ZDNet, Jul 15»
9
Gary Olson: Are some cultures better than others at cultivating …
... the dominant narrative of hyper individualism and the profit motive. I suggest that we remain open to the possibility that some cultures are ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
10
Not Your Father's Inflation
The objective is masked by the profit motive. These 'bets' are sure things. Investment banks have become nodal points in a massive ... «Gold Seek, Jul 15»

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