proceeds

Everyday

1. The proceeds are the money you get from selling something or from an event, such as a fair or a concert. tree →
2. (verb form) Proceeds means goes on or moves forward: "He proceeds to the next step." tree →
3. (formal) Proceeds can mean continues after a stop: "The lesson proceeds after the break." tree →
4. Proceeds from something can mean that it comes from or is caused by that thing. tree →

In the lessons

In maths problems "the proceeds" is the money taken in, often before or after costs are taken away; "all proceeds go to charity" means every bit of the money raised is given away. In stories the verb shows the next action: "she proceeds to eat the whole cake". Phrases: the proceeds of the sale, all proceeds go to, proceeds to.

Examples

• The proceeds of the bake sale went to the animal shelter. tree →
• All proceeds from the school concert will buy new library books. tree →
• The class shared the proceeds of the car wash equally. tree →
• If the proceeds were 120 dollars and costs were 30, the profit was 90 dollars. tree →
• The teacher proceeds to the next question. tree →
• After the fire drill, the assembly proceeds as planned. tree →
• He sits down and proceeds to tell the longest joke ever. tree →
• The proceeds of the raffle bought a new football net. tree →
• "I do not know that," said the Princess; "but I know, very well, that I am very senseless, and thence proceeds the vexation which almost kills me." tree →

Note

As a noun it is always plural: "the proceeds were", never "a proceed". Proceeds (money taken in) is not always profit: profit is proceeds minus costs. Do not confuse with "precedes" (comes before). In maths, "proceeds" usually means the total money collected.

In Jewish tradition

In Proverbs it means the gains or goods a person gets, here by wrongdoing. A sacrifice brought with the proceeds of wickedness is not accepted.

Interpretation. The tradition reads this as teaching that an offering bought with dishonest gain is no gift to God, since honesty comes before worship.

Examples

• In order to show how the twenty-two letters of the alphabet constitute the thirty-two ways of wisdom, the author proceeds to the division of the letters in the second and following Mishnahs. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more, when he bringeth it with the proceeds of wickedness? (Writings PRO.21.27, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

As a noun it is always plural: "the proceeds were", never "a proceed". Proceeds (money taken in) is not always profit: profit is proceeds minus costs. Do not confuse with "precedes" (comes before). In maths, "proceeds" usually means the total money collected.