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profitable adjective [ ˈprɒfɪtəb(ə)l ]

• (of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain.
• "a professionally run and profitable company"
Similar: moneymaking, profit-making, commercial, successful, commercially successful, money-spinning, sound, solvent, in the black, cost-effective, fruitful, gainful, remunerative, financially rewarding, paying, lucrative, bankable,
Opposite: unprofitable, loss-making,
• beneficial; useful.
• "he'd had a profitable day"
Similar: beneficial, useful, advantageous, helpful, of use, of service, valuable, productive, worthwhile, rewarding, fruitful, enriching, illuminating, informative, well spent, salutary,
Opposite: fruitless, useless,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French, from the verb profiter (see profit).


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