In regular short-selling,traders borrow assets and sell them at a set price, hoping they can make a profit by buying them later at a lower price.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

There's the insurance company, could be a corporation and it could be either a non-profit corporation or a for-profit corporation owned by shareholders.

一个保险公司,可以是,非盈利性股份公司,也可以是以盈利为目的的股份公司

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And if I'm the tax collector, the way I make a profit is by charging you a lot more than I need just to send to Rome.

如果我是税吏，就会收你们一大笔钱,远多于需要上缴的数目，以赚取利润。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

It was produced by a non-profit group called The Children's Television Workshop, today called The Sesame Workshop.

VOA: special.2009.11.27

And for Milton, whose temperament up to this point inclined him obviously to hesitation, to postponement, and to merely the anticipation of profit, the pressure applied by this parable of the unprofitable servant may very well have seemed utterly unbearable.

对于弥尔顿来说，这是性格使然,他读到这里会犹豫，会止步不前，会对利益有所期待，这则寓言中毫无收益的仆人,给了他无尽的压力。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It might be started by teachers, parents,community groups or, in some cases, a profit-making business.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

Let's wonder what the firm profit is given by.

假设这个企业的利润是已知的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

In addition, Islamic finance differs from conventional Western methods by focusing on profit-sharing, with wealth generated through trade and investment in assets, such as property or commodities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

The new textbook book was put together by the Documentation Center of Cambodia, a non-profit group tasked with recording the years of mass killing under the Khmer Rouge.

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

But she came to Dress for Success, a non-profit group that helps women get back into the workforce by outfitting them with a business suit and a positive attitude.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25