1. The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
   "The proceeds from the auction were donated to charity";
   - return, issue, take, takings, yield, payoff

1. Move ahead; travel onward in time or space
   "We proceeded towards Washington";
   - go forward, continue, move ahead
    
2. Follow a procedure or take a course
   "The committee proceeded with the investigation";
   - go, move
    
3. Keep talking; follow up
   "please proceed";
   - continue, go on, carry on
    
4. Follow a certain course
   "The inauguration proceeded well";
   - go
    
5. Resume or proceed in a certain state, condition, or activity
   "We proceeded to work into the night";
   - continue, go on, go along, keep

Type of: act, come about, fall out, go, go on, hap [archaic], happen, income, locomote, move, occur, pass, pass off, speak, take place, talk, travel

Encyclopedia: Proceeds