Profitableness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, a. [F. profitable.]
     Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative;
     useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable
     trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.
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           What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to
           the
           emperor.                                 --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Prof"it*a*ble*ness}, n. --
     {Prof"it*a*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  profitableness
       n : the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn: {profitability}]
           [ant: {unprofitableness}, {unprofitableness}]