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[ adjective ] yielding material gain or profit
Examples "profitable speculation on the stock market" Used in print (Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)Accounting procedures which continue to charge a disproportionate overhead and warehouse expense to the main store make the branches seem more profitable than they are . Related terms unprofitable economic fat gainful bankable lucrative useful productive advantageous |
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[ adjective ] promoting benefit or gain
Examples "a profitable meeting to resolve difficulties" Used in print (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)It would be profitable , I believe , to read these realistic humorists alongside Faulkner 's works , the thought being not that he necessarily read them and owed anything to them directly , but rather that they dealt a_hundred years ago with a class of people and a type of life which have continued down to our time , to Faulkner 's time . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)Counsel for the Government invited du_Pont 's views on this proposal before recommending a specific program , but stated that if the court desired , or if counsel for du_Pont thought further discussion would not be profitable , the Government was prepared to submit a plan within thirty days . (Allan J. Braff and Roger F. Miller, "Wage-Price...)For expository purposes , this is best treated as a model which spells_out the conditions under which an important industry affected with the public interest would find it profitable to raise wages even in the absence of union pressures for higher wages . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] productive of profit
Synonyms Examples "a profitable enterprise" "a fruitful meeting" Related terms |
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