profitable
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3.8
- adjective
- /ˈprɒfɪtəbl/
- Unable to remain profitable, he closed his business and filed for bankruptcy.
- a profitable business
- a profitable investment
- profitable companies
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Watch on YouTubeSo 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
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3.6
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.