profitable
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3.8
- adjective
- /ˈprɒfɪtəbl/
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rentable
- Unable to remain profitable, he closed his business and filed for bankruptcy.
- a profitable business
- a profitable investment
- profitable companies
So in both cases we were profitable from six months in.
- So in both cases we were profitable from six months in.
- What is the most profitable transaction you do today?
- And secondly, you ask yourself who is the most profitable customer for Spotify?
- Rockefeller ran the most efficient and profitable refineries around.
- Even Ford can't produce a profitable electric vehicle yet.
- You also need profitable investments to exist.
- It's not the best way to be profitable, but it is the healthiest platform.
- Bloomberg thinks that this is way, way too profitable of an enterprise to go bankrupt.
- So it's a really highly profitable type of investment.
- You know, being lean and being profitable is the most important thing.
- Suddenly laptop theft becomes a lot more profitable than just the laptop.
- They're an established, rock solid, hugely profitable business now and they have systems.
- Cheers to the start of a very long and profitable business relationship.
- And, and these people want to build big profitable companies.
- So this is your profitable business plan.
- Now a single VC backed IPO was profitable when it went public.
Examples
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This company has become very profitable after restructuring its operations.
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So it's a really highly profitable type of investment.
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So in both cases we were profitable from six months in.
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It's, it's been very, very profitable trade as a firm.
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We must ask not just is it profitable, but is it right?
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We run the only profitable event in the world.
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And I promise you that is gonna be a very profitable relationship for all of us.
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You also need profitable investments to exist.
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And if the business is profitable, maybe, just maybe, the family can break out of poverty.
Academic text (2011) -
You know, this could prove to be a very profitable arrangement between ourselves, Mr. N.
Synonyms
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5.6
Making a lot of money from work or business
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4.9
Work or activity that makes money for you
Likely to earn money
Antonyms
How Profitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Profitable comes from profit, which once meant 'benefit' and is built on pro- meaning 'for' or 'forward'. So something profitable gives you a clear money gain or is 'good for' your business.