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# proceeds

«proceeds» in Mova's school dictionary: **the money you get from selling something or from an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural only (the proceeds); also a form of the verb proceed (proceed, proceeds, proceeded, proceeding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The proceeds are the money you get from selling something or from an event, such as a fair or a concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#m1)

2) (verb form) Proceeds means goes on or moves forward: "He proceeds to the next step." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#m2)

3) (formal) Proceeds can mean continues after a stop: "The lesson proceeds after the break." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#m3)

4) Proceeds from something can mean that it comes from or is caused by that thing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#m4)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#x1)
- All proceeds from the school concert will buy new library books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#x2)
- The class shared the proceeds of the car wash equally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#x3)
- If the proceeds were 120 dollars and costs were 30, the profit was 90 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#x4)
- The teacher proceeds to the next question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#x5)
- After the fire drill, the assembly proceeds as planned. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#x6)
- He sits down and proceeds to tell the longest joke ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#x7)
- The proceeds of the raffle bought a new football net. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#x8)
- "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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/#x9)

### 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 the corpora

- [The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more, when he bringeth it with the proceeds of wickedness?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.615/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «proceeds» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/proceeds/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.