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prof·it·a·ble

(prŏf′ĭ-tə-bəl)

adj.

Yielding profit; advantageous: an investment that was barely profitable.

prof′it·a·bil′i·ty, prof′it·a·ble·ness n.

prof′it·a·bly adv.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

profitable

(ˈprɒfɪtəbəl)

adj

affording gain, benefit, or profit

ˈprofitably adv

ˈprofitableness, ˌprofitaˈbility n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

prof•it•a•ble

(ˈprɒf ɪ tə bəl)

adj.

1. yielding profit.

2. beneficial or useful.

prof`it•a•bil′i•ty, prof′it•a•ble•ness, n.

prof′it•a•bly, adv.

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Adj.

profitable - yielding material gain or profit; "profitable speculation on the stock market"

advantageous - giving an advantage; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often"

productive - producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"

useful, utile - being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

unprofitable - producing little or no profit or gain; "deposits abandoned by mining companies as unprofitable"

profitable

adjective

1. money-making, lucrative, paying, commercial, rewarding, worthwhile, cost-effective, fruitful, gainful, remunerative Drug manufacturing is the most profitable business in America.

2. beneficial, useful, rewarding, valuable, productive, worthwhile, fruitful, advantageous, expedient, win-win, serviceable a profitable exchange of ideas
beneficial useless, vain, worthless, fruitless, unrewarding, disadvantageous, unremunerative

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

profitable

adjective

1. Affording profit:

advantageous, fat, lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative, rewarding.

2. Affording benefit:

advantageous, benefic, beneficent, beneficial, benignant, favorable, good, helpful, propitious, salutary, toward, useful.

Translations

مَرْبَحمُرْبِح

výnosnýziskovýužitečný

indbringende

gewinnbringend lukrativ profitabel wirtschaftlich

επικερδής

lucrativo rentable ventajoso provechoso

kasumlik

tuottoisakannattavatuottava

profitable rentable avantageux intéressant

profitabilan

ábatasamur; gagnlegur

redditizio lucrativo lucroso proficuo profittevole

収益の多い

이로운

dobičkonosen

lönsam

ที่ได้ผลกำไร

kazançlıkârlı

có lợi nhuận

有利可图的有益的

profitable

[ˈprɒfɪtəbl] ADJ (Comm) → lucrativo; (= economic to run) → rentable (fig) (= beneficial) → provechoso
a profitable investment → una inversión lucrativa
the line is no longer profitable → la línea ya no es rentable
a most profitable trip → un viaje sumamente provechoso
you would find it profitable to read this → te beneficiarías de leer esto, te sería útil leer esto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

profitable

[ˈprɒfɪtəb^əl] adj

[business, investment, activity, company] → rentable
a highly profitable enterprise → une entreprise hautement rentable

[year, future] → rentable

(= beneficial) → profitable

[meeting, discussion] → fructueux/euse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

profitable

adj (Comm) → gewinn- or profitbringend, Gewinn or Profit bringend, rentabel, profitabel; (fig: = beneficial) → nützlich, vorteilhaft; could you not find a more profitable way of spending your time? → kannst du nichts Besseres mit deiner Zeit anfangen?

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

profitable

[ˈprɒfɪtəbl] adj (Comm) → remunerativo/a, redditizio/a (fig) (beneficial, scheme) → vantaggioso/a; (meeting, visit) → fruttuoso/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

profit

(ˈprofit) noun

1. money which is gained in business etc, eg from selling something for more than one paid for it. I made a profit of $8,000 on my house; He sold it at a huge profit.

2. advantage; benefit. A great deal of profit can be had from travelling abroad.

verb – past tense, past participle ˈprofited –

(with from or by) to gain profit(s) from. The business profited from its exports; He profited by his opponent's mistakes.

ˈprofitable adjective

(negative unprofitable) giving profit. The deal was quite profitable; a profitable experience.

ˈprofitably adverb

profitable

→ مَرْبَح výnosný indbringende gewinnbringend επικερδής rentable tuottoisa rentable profitabilan redditizio 収益の多い 이로운 winstgevend lønnsom dochodowy lucrativo прибыльный lönsam ที่ได้ผลกำไร kazançlı có lợi nhuận 有利可图的

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SOCRATES: And if we are good, then we are profitable; for all good things are profitable?

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These things are useful in the management of one's affairs; to be skilful in the nature of cattle, which are most profitable, and where, and how; as for instance, what advantage will arise from keeping horses, or oxen, or sheep, or any other live stock; it is also necessary to be acquainted with the comparative value of these things, and which of them in particular places are worth most; for some do better in one place, some in another.

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So likely too, seeing that I affirm injustice to be profitable and justice not.

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It is profitable and some- times even praiseworthy.

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It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

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And yet in my time the royal yards of an average profitable ship were a good way up above her decks.

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We have reason to believe, as stated in the first chapter, that a change in the conditions of life, by specially acting on the reproductive system, causes or increases variability; and in the foregoing case the conditions of life are supposed to have undergone a change, and this would manifestly be favourable to natural selection, by giving a better chance of profitable variations occurring; and unless profitable variations do occur, natural selection can do nothing.

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After all there is as much chance for me here as there was there--that is, I might find it profitable some day.

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They have found the trapping of the beaver their most profitable species of hunting; and the traffic with the white man has opened to them sources of luxury of which they previously had no idea.

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As for the acquaintance, which is to be sought in travel; that which is most of all profitable, is acquaintance with the secretaries and employed men of ambassadors: for so in travelling in one country, he shall suck the experience of many.

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"Not directly profitable. That is, it doesn't pay me anything, and I have to - keep myself."

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I believe the secret of it is, he saw from the first it would be a profitable plan, but he had some particular dislike of Adam to get over--and besides, the fact that I propose a thing is generally a reason with him for rejecting it.