Sentence:  Where the industry 's product price has been kept below the `` profit maximizing '' and `` entry limiting '' prices due to fears of public reaction , the <WSD>profit</WSD> seeking producers have an interest in offering little real resistance to wage demands . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)