proceeds
Britishplural noun
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the profit or return derived from a commercial transaction, investment, etc
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the result, esp the revenue or total sum, accruing from some undertaking or course of action, as in commerce
Example Sentences
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They can move into homes that they otherwise might not be able to buy at current prices, or they can sell them and keep the proceeds without having to pay capital-gains taxes.
If the trust sells the asset and sends the proceeds to beneficiaries, it passes along the capital-gains tax bill, which inheritors must pay that year.
From Barron's
It plans to issue 575 million new shares and will use the proceeds raised to expand its hospitals, redeem bonds and cover listing expenses.
He said Beijing was monitoring how the U.S. proceeds and would decide, based on the situation, whether to adjust its own countermeasures.
From Barron's
“Before this matter proceeds any further,” Lemuel interrupted, “What is the girl’s sin? What is she required to repent of?”
From Literature
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