superprofit

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English

Etymology

From super- +‎ profit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

superprofit (plural superprofits)

  1. excess profit
    • 1978, Clarence J. Munford, Production Relations, Class and Black Liberation, page 142:
      Our next step will be to understand how the basic economic law of capitalism works under imperialism, and how monopoly superprofits are extracted from imperialism's "third world" periphery.
    • 1984, Norman Etherington, Theories of imperialism: war, conquest and capital, page 138:
      Obviously, out of such enormous superprofits (since they are obtained over and above the profits which capitalists squeeze out of the workers of their 'own' country) it is possible to bribe the labour leaders []

French

Noun

superprofit m (plural superprofits)

  1. superprofit