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“The main source of the profitableness of established banking is the smallness of the requisite capital,” he wrote.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2019

Though many authorities question the project's profitableness, New York City expects to make money from its investment in Stapleton Free Port.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week Chicago's Better-Speech Institute of America gave evidence of the profitableness of this industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

The profitableness of such duties indicates the spreading field of Japanese consumption and also of manufactures, for the new duties are planned also as a kind of protective tariff.

From Time Magazine Archive

The question of profitableness of a good many of her employments was often in her mind during these three years.

From A Christmas Accident and Other Stories by Trumbull, Annie Eliot