to do an action to earn money to increase in value verbto do an actionUsageto make a bid for somethingto offer to buy somethingUsageto make a paymentto payUsageto make a depositto pay money as a depositto earn money ExampleHe makes £50,000 a year or £25 an hour.to increase in value ExampleThe shares made $2.92 in today's trading.Usageto make a profitto have more money after a dealUsageto make a lossto have less money after a dealUsageto make a killingto make a very large profit