Word: profiteered
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...wider knowledge of their pupils that assists them in their teaching, and at the same time increases their interest in the work and the workers, or, as is very often the case, adds an interest where no interest had before existed. The students, on the other hand, have to profit from all their closer relations with those above them in knowledge, experience, and consequent wisdom; and by conversing informally with those same superiors, to learn to look upon them in a new and very generally in a more favorable light. Another advantage, that comes (it is true indirectly) from these...
...loose its strings when called upon to help swell the subscription list. To relieve the association from its embarrassment we would suggest that a "benefit" game be played on Holmes, feeling sure that the reputation of our team is strong enough to attract a large audience,- to the great profit of the somewhat depleted coffers of the club...
...smooth faced youth was there giving out circulars and catalogues to all who left the hall. Men are men everywhere. A church basement is often made into a grocery store; and a delightful evening's entertainment is turned into a means of advertisement and a seeking after pecuniary profit...
...value that some of these pamphlets get in the hands of our very respectable, as well as very mercenary Cambridge stationers, is nothing short of being mirabile dictu. By magic, like the transformations in a fairy-tale, a few printed sheets, worth (with an allowance for a very respectable profit). about ten, fifteen, or even twenty-five cents, expand in value, or rather in price, to fifty cents, seventy-five cents, and upward. Of course the only cause of this expansion is a very natural one, namely, the heat of the seller's eagerness after the almighty dollar. Heat expands...
...present steward has taken great pride in the order list. Having had a long experience at the Grand Union in Saratoga, he is able to equal the best hotel fare in this department. The prices of the extra orders are kept nearly at cost, and the slight profit received from them helps to reduce the price of board. Thus the order system aids in raising the quality of board and in lowering the price...