profitable
PRAH-fi-tuh-buhl/ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/UKPRO-fi-tuh-buhl/ˈpɹɒf.ɪ.tə.bl̩/
- 1Earning a profit; bringing in more money than is spent to produce or operate something.
After cutting costs, the factory finally turned profitable last quarter.
Exporting wine proved far more profitable than selling it locally.
Similarlucrative, moneymaking, remunerative, gainful, economic
Oppositeunprofitable, uneconomic, loss-making
- 2Beneficial or useful; bringing some advantage or worthwhile result.
The afternoon spent reviewing old notes turned out to be highly profitable.
She considered the apprenticeship a profitable use of her summer.
Similarbeneficial, useful, valuable, worthwhile, productive
Oppositeuseless, fruitless, worthless, unproductive
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Origin
From Old French profitable, equivalent to profit plus the suffix -able.