proceeds

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
verb continue talking; he continued,
verb move ahead; travel onward in time or space

Her binding proceeds with clock-like monotony. — Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Thomas Hardy
Its tempest sometimes proceeds from a grimace. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
G. obeys mechanically and the ceremony proceeds. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling

return, issue, take, takings, yield, payoff

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