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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Coding applications have emerged as one of the most important—and profitable—uses of enterprise AI, with Anthropic’s Claude Code generally regarded as the market leader.
The Fox sisters’ profitable spirit work had protected Maggie from reality.
From Literature
Chelsea say they remain profitable on an operating basis, believe they will comply with Uefa's rules, and deny they will have to sell star players to fulfil any regulatory requirements.
From BBC
“It makes it very hard to set up this year being very profitable.”
Filosa said he expected "further momentum to our return to profitable growth" this year, which the firm said would be driven by the arrival of new models, particularly combustion-engine pickups in the US.
From Barron's
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