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- Dictionaryprofitable/ˈprɒfɪtəbl/
adjective
- 1. (of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain: "a professionally run and profitable company" Similar Opposite
- 2. beneficial; useful: "he'd had a profitable day" Similar Opposite
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PROFITABLE definition: 1. making or likely to make a profit: 2. in a way that produces or is likely to produce an…. Learn more.
The meaning of PROFITABLE is affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results. How to use profitable in a sentence.
PROFITABLE meaning: 1. making or likely to make a profit: 2. in a way that produces or is likely to produce an…. Learn more.
Profitable definition: yielding profit; remunerative. See examples of PROFITABLE used in a sentence.
Profits are measured in money earned beyond expenses, so profitable businesses or transactions make money. A busy restaurant, sold-out concert, and best-selling book are all profitable. People also use this word for situations that are good in ways that don’t involve money.
A profitable organization or practice makes a profit. Improved transport turned agriculture into a highly profitable business. It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food.
lucrative (of business or work) producing or paying a large amount of money; making a large profit: They do a lot of business in lucrative overseas markets. economic (often used in negative sentences) (of a process, business or activity) producing enough profit to continue:
