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profitableness|ˈprɒfɪtəb(ə)lnɪs|
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being profitable.
1. Advantageousness, usefulness, value, beneficial quality.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. v. (1495) g iv b/1 The curtel [of the eye] that hyghte Tela arenea, and hyght soo for prouffytablynes therof to be clere & briȝte to the spirite. c1450tr. De Imitatione i. v. 7 We owin in scriptures raþer to seke profitabilnes þan highnes of langage. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xvi. 93 To the ende that the profitableness of this doctrine may be the better knowen. 1651Cromwell Lett. 24 Mar. in Carlyle, To approve my heart and life to Him in more faithfulness and thankfulness, and to those I serve in more profitableness and diligence. 1824Mrs. Sherwood Waste Not ii. 12 The profitableness of holiness, not only in the world to come, but also in this life.
2. Remunerativeness, lucrativeness, gainfulness.
1886H. Dunckley in Manch. Exam. 15 Feb. 6/1, I am speaking only of the profitableness of labour. 1892J. J. Janney in A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus (Ohio) II. 314 Equal in..profitableness of operation to that of any city of equal population in the Union. |