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profitability|ˌprɒfɪtəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next + -ity.]
The quality or state of being profitable; profitableness; the capacity to make a profit. Also attrib.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxix. 11 [xxx. 9] What profetabilte is in my blode? 1893A. A. Martin in Idler Mar. 195 If the heavenly profitability was cut off..the habit of pleasurable moving remained. 1924J. Stamp Current Probl. Finance & Govt. 11, I may venture to say that we have almost reached a limit of profitability along the old lines of deductive reasoning. 1931Economist 26 Sept. 548/2 In so far as an industry's profitability is improved the weight of its fixed interest charges is lessened. 1961Listener 2 Nov. 691/2, I am not frightened by profits; no one should ever be frightened of profits. Profitability is the only measure of success. 1964Daily Tel. 15 Feb. 9/2 (heading) Guthrie starts BOAC drive for profitability. 1969Times 6 Jan. 7/8 But for foot-and-mouth disease, production would certainly have risen considerably and the price position would already have caused alarm among producers near the profitability margin. 1979Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVII. 617/1 There is a direct connection between profitability and survival. |