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Grammar : Noun
Spell : verb pruh-seed; noun proh-seed
Phonetic Transcription : verb prəˈsid; noun ˈproʊ sid



Definition of proceeds

Origin :
  • "results, profits," 1660s, from proceed (v.) on the notion of "that which proceeds" from some event or activity.
  • noun earnings from business
Example sentences :
  • I afterward sold their horse, and sent them the balance of the proceeds.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • He had excited her attention, he now proceeds to address her conscience.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • The proceeds of these tickets were given to the local hospital.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • My motives for suspending, proceeds she, were not merely ceremonious ones.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Shakib then proceeds to give us a verbatim report of the interview.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Khalid proceeds with his allegory of the Muleteer and the Pack-Mule.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • The church receives these proceeds, and pays for the masses.
  • Extract from : « Roman Catholicism in Spain » by Anonymous
  • Through the centuries and the ages it proceeds with deliberate and certain step.
  • Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root
  • Socrates proceeds to discover the nature of justice by a method of residues.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • Socrates proceeds:—The guardians of our state are to be watch-dogs, as we have already said.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

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