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profitable |
2 definitions found 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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