Effective giving seeks to maximize the impact of every dollar spent.
This being the case, they sought to maximize their results.
In the mid-1990's, the Nets were seeking to maximize their value and marketability.
Young children are economic assets that wise families seek to maximize.
Yet all banks have been seeking to maximize their share of the customer's wallet.
One can't expect much restraint from companies that are seeking to maximize profit.
And if someone seeks to maximize profit all over the globe, his first allegiance is to no nation.
Try realism instead: the theory that nations seek to maximize their power and security by all available means.
One sought to maximize profits, the other to dismantle the American economic system.
When people seek to maximize their gains, they are said to be proself.