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profiteer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌpɹɒfɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree English profit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English profiteer From profit + -eer.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent-seeker.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
profiteers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

war profiteer

Hypernyms

profiter

Relateds

privateer · profit monger · racketeer · profiteering

Translations (27)

ru бары́шник (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · ru спекуля́нт (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · nl profiteur (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · it profittatore (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · ga brabachóir (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · cmn 奸商 (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · cy proffidiwr (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · fi kiskuri (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · de Profitmacher (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · ar إسْتِغْلَالِيّ (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · ar اِنْتِهَازِيّ (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · fr profiteuse (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · bg спекулант (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · la lucripeta (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · ru бары́га (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · ru торга́ш (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · cy budrelwr (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · fr profiteur (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · ru переку́пщик (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · pt usureiro (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · de Profiteur (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · ru спекуля́нтка (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · es especulador (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · es especuladora (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · ko 모리배 (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · es lucrante inescrupuloso (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk) · hu nyerészkedő (one who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by their corresponding assumption of risk)

profiteer en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌpɹɒfɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Etymology tree English profit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English profiteer From profit + -eer.

Meanings

  1. To make an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
profiteering Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
profiteered Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
profiteered Tense=Past lexicographic
profiteers Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (4)

hu nyerészkedik (to make an unreasonable profit) · fi rahastaa (to make an unreasonable profit) · bg спекулирам (to make an unreasonable profit) · ru наживаться (to make an unreasonable profit)