But Britishvolt struggled to TURN A PROFIT
"But Britishvolt struggled to turn a profit and ran out of money." [ BBC ] The aim of any business is to maximize profits. If that is not possible, the next best option is to make enough of a profit that justifies an entrepreneur's investment of time and capital. This applies to multinationals as well as one person businesses. Often, when talking about profit (or its unpleasant opposite - loss), we combine the word with the verb to make , e.g. After 3 years of operation, the company is yet to make a profit OR This is the first time in its history that the corporation has made a loss. If, like me, you enjoy looking for different ways of expressing yourselves, then you'll be happy to know that in the case of to make a profit , we can replace the verb with turn . For example: After the pandemic, many businesses were relieved to start turning a profit again. Unlike with the verb to make , which is used with both profit and loss, to turn is only used for positive outco...
