profitable

[prof-i-tuh-buhl]

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adjective

yielding profit; remunerative: a profitable deal.

beneficial or useful.

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Origin of profitable

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at profit, -able

SYNONYMS FOR profitable

2. advantageous, valuable, helpful.

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prof·it·a·bil·i·ty, prof·it·a·ble·ness, nounprof·it·a·bly, adverbnon·prof·it·a·bil·i·ty, nounnon·prof·it·a·ble, adjective

non·prof·it·a·ble·ly, adverbnon·prof·it·a·ble·ness, nounsub·prof·it·a·ble, adjectivesub·prof·it·a·ble·ness, nounsub·prof·it·a·bly, adverb

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The answer is left unclear, but Diaspora is certainly intended to be profitable.
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As Minister of Trade, he oversees TEPCO, which is attempting to put its profitable nuclear reactors back on-line.
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CNN did the helpful translation for us, though: Duck Dynasty was simply too profitable for A&E to halt filming.
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But by 1974, the coal that had made the island so profitable ran dry, and gas had become the most sought after fuel source.
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Sales boomed from $5.3 million in 2007 to about $23 million in 2009, and the company was profitable.
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He warily sounded a nature that could be warped to the exigencies of any plan, provided it was profitable.
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This was Armand Griffin, whose family resided at Natchez, while he engaged in the laborious but profitable business of hunting.
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A short voyage and a full ship will be a profitable enterprise.
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It is profitable to define terms before attempting to discuss them.
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It is not profitable to give remedies by the stomach, for they can not be absorbed.
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British Dictionary definitions for profitable

profitable

adjective

affording gain, benefit, or profit

Derived Formsprofitably, adverbprofitableness or profitability, noun

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Word Origin and History for profitable

profitable

adj.

c.1300, "yielding benefit, useful," from profit (v.) + -able or from Old French profitable, porfitable. Specific sense of "money-making" is attested from 1758. Related: Profitably.

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