profitable
American Heritage Dictionary:
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prof·it·a·ble
(prŏf'ĭ-tə-bəl) 
adj.
Yielding profit; advantageous or lucrative. See synonyms at beneficial.
profitability prof'it·a·bil'i·ty or prof'it·a·ble·ness n.
profitably prof'it·a·bly adv.
adj.
Yielding profit; advantageous or lucrative. See synonyms at beneficial.
profitability prof'it·a·bil'i·ty or prof'it·a·ble·ness n.
profitably prof'it·a·bly adv.
Barron's Accounting Dictionary:
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profitable
Ability of a business entity to generate net income.
Potential investors closely analyze a firm's current and prospective profitability since they affect dividends and market price of stock.
See also price - earnings ratio (p / e ratio).
Potential investors closely analyze a firm's current and prospective profitability since they affect dividends and market price of stock.
See also price - earnings ratio (p / e ratio).
| Profit-Volume (PV) Chart, Profit-Sharing Plan, Profit Variance | |
| Profitability Index, Profitabilityobject, Profitmargin |
Roget's Thesaurus:
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profitable
adjective
- Affording profit: advantageous, fat, lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative, rewarding. See get/lose.
- Affording benefit: advantageous, benefic, beneficent, beneficial, benignant, favorable, good, helpful, propitious, salutary, toward, useful. See help/harm/harmless.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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profitable
adj
Definition: advantageous; money-making
Antonyms: disadvantageous, unprofitable
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profitable
IN BRIEF: Producing gain of any kind.
In the long run, digging for truth has always proved not only more interesting but more profitable than digging for gold.
— George R. Harrison
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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profitability
The quality of making a profit; the extent of the profit-making of an enterprise.
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Profitable
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gavnlig, indbringende
Nederlands (Dutch)
winstgevend, lonend, rendabel
Français (French)
adj. - (Comm) rentable, lucratif, (fig) fructueux
Deutsch (German)
adj. - nützlich, lohnend
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επικερδής, επωφελής, προσοδοφόρος
Italiano (Italian)
proficuo, utile, lucrativo
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lucrativo
Русский (Russian)
полезный, прибыльный
Español (Spanish)
adj. - útil, provechoso, ventajoso, rentable, lucrativo
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - givande, lönsam, lukrativ
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有利润的, 赚钱的, 有利益的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有利潤的, 賺錢的, 有利益的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유리한, 이문이 있는
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 儲かる, ためになる, 有益な
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مربح, مكسب
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - רווחי, תועלתי, מועיל
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