profiteer
English
noun
Definitions
- (pejorative) One who makes an unreasonable profit not justified by cost or risk, a rent seeker.
Etymology
Suffix from English profit.
Origin
English
profit
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disprofit English
- megaprofit English
- non-profit English
- nonprofit English
- profit English
- profiter English
- profitest English
- profiteth English
- profitless English
- profitmaking English
- profitseeking English
- profitsome English
- profitwise English
- superprofit English
- unprofit English
- profit Middle English
- profit Tok Pisin