"turn a profit" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "To obtain profit from an investment."
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        "(idiomatic) To obtain profit from an investment."
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        {
          "text": "The company has not turned a profit from the merger.",
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        "To gain money or to gain materially."
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        "(idiomatic, by extension) To gain money or to gain materially."
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        "To obtain profit from an investment."
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        "(idiomatic) To obtain profit from an investment."
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