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Profit and dividends

What profit and dividends means in economics, as one of sources of income, with an example and a question to test yourself.

Definition
Profit and dividends
Profit is what an entrepreneur keeps after a business pays its costs; dividends are the part of a company's profit paid to its shareholders.
Example

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Can you name five sources of income?

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