profitable

  • 11profitable — adj. 1 making a profit VERBS ▪ appear, be, prove, seem ▪ confident that the venture will prove profitable ▪ find sth ▪ become …

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  • 12profitable — prof|it|a|ble [ prafıtəbl ] adjective ** 1. ) making a profit: a profitable business/company/investment highly/very profitable: Some of their new electronic products are highly profitable. a ) likely to increase your profits: profitable… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13profitable */*/ — UK [ˈprɒfɪtəb(ə)l] / US [ˈprɑfɪtəb(ə)l] adjective 1) a) making a profit a profitable business/company/investment highly/very profitable: Some of their new electronic products are highly profitable. b) likely to increase your profits profitable… …

    English dictionary

  • 14profitable — [[t]prɒ̱fɪtəb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ to inf A profitable organization or practice makes a profit. Drug manufacturing is the most profitable business in America... It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food.… …

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  • 15profitable — (pro fi ta bl ) adj. Dont on peut tirer profit. •   Madame, je vous crois l âme trop raisonnable Pour ne pas prendre bien cet avis profitable, MOL. Mis. III, 5. •   Le témoignage des gens de bien qui l ont trouvée [la comédie de Tartufe]… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 16profitable — adj. profitable to + inf. (is it profitable to work this mine?) * * * [ prɒfɪtəb(ə)l] profitable to + inf. (is it profitable to work this mine?) …

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  • 17PROFITABLE — adj. des deux genres Utile, avantageux. Cela ne vous sera guère profitable. Un emploi profitable. On lui avait donné des avis profitables, s il eût voulu les suivre. Cette conquête fut plus glorieuse que profitable …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 18PROFITABLE — adj. des deux genres Qui est utile, avantageux. Cela ne vous sera guère profitable. Un emploi profitable. On lui avait donné des avis profitables, s’il eût voulu les suivre. Cette conquête fut plus glorieuse que profitable …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 19profitable — prof|it|a|ble [ˈprɔfıtəbəl US ˈpra: ] adj producing a profit or a useful result ≠ ↑unprofitable ▪ The advertising campaign proved very profitable. ▪ a highly profitable business ▪ a profitable afternoon >profitably adv …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20profitable — adjective producing a profit or a useful result: The advertising campaign proved very profitable. | a highly profitable business | a profitable afternoon opposite unprofitable profitably adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English