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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, a. [F. profitable.]
Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative;
useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as a profitable
trade profitable business; a profitable study or profession.
What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to
the emperor. --Arbuthnot.
-- {Prof"it*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Prof"it*a*bly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
profitable
adj 1: yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on
the stock market" [ant: {unprofitable}]
2: promoting benefit or gain; "a profitable meeting to resolve
difficulties"
3: providing profit; "a profitable conversation"
4: productive of profit; "a profitable enterprise"; "a fruitful
meeting" [syn: {fruitful}]
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