profitable
Americanadjective
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yielding profit; remunerative.
a profitable deal.
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beneficial or useful.
- Synonyms:
- helpful, valuable, advantageous
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonprofitability noun
- nonprofitable adjective
- nonprofitablely adverb
- nonprofitableness noun
- profitability noun
- profitableness noun
- profitably adverb
- subprofitable adjective
- subprofitableness noun
- subprofitably adverb
Etymology
Origin of profitable
Example Sentences
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That means, even with this recent selloff, he’s still profitable by a significant margin.
From MarketWatch
“Having more competition, their product being more vulnerable, could affect that trajectory of when the company becomes profitable,” says Alen Lin, Fitch’s senior director covering North American technology credit research.
His bank offered investment products that were more profitable than those of his competitors and in 2024, the Central Bank realized Master did not have the resources to meet its obligations.
From Barron's
A steeper curve widens that gap, allowing banks to be more profitable and lend more in turn growing the economy.
From Barron's
And it’s easy to imagine SpaceX’s launch business is profitable, given its cost advantage from reusable rockets, which has given it a near-monopoly in the Western world.
From Barron's
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