Profit (accounting)

Profit, in accounting, is an income distributed to the owner in a profitable market production process (business).

Profit is a measure of profitability which is the owner's major interest in the income-formation process of market production.

The income generated is always distributed to the stakeholders of production as economic value within the review period.

Profit is one of the major sources of economic well-being because it means incomes and opportunities to develop production.

The words "income", "profit" and "earnings" are synonyms in this context.