profitableadjective
uk/ˈprɒf.ɪ.tə.bəl/us/ˈprɑː.fɪ.t̬ə.bəl/B2 resulting in or likely to result in a profit or an advantage:
Over the years it has developed into a highly profitable business.
I made profitable use of my time (= used my time to get advantages or benefits), mixing with a lot of different people and practising my Spanish.
Opposite
unprofitable
More examples
- a highly profitable line of products
- These sales figures are a good indication of another profitable year.
- The company remains moderately profitable, but it is not making as much money as it should.
- The discussion turned out to be really profitable.
- profitable investments
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Useful or advantageous
- a pearl of great price idiom
- a place in the sun idiom
- advantageous
- all-singing
- amiss
- corrective
- expedient
- favourable
- fodder
- foil
- fruitful
- fruitfulness
- palliative
- productive
- repay
- repay sb's effort, time, attention, etc. idiom
- respite
- salutary
- serviceable
- sniff
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profitability
noun [ U ] uk/ˌprɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌprɑː.fɪ.t̬əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
The company needs to return to profitability very soon.
profitably
adverb uk/ˈprɒf.ɪ.tə.bli/us/ˈprɑː.fɪ.t̬ə.bli/
It was several months before the company started to trade profitably (= making money).
Use your time profitably (= use it to get advantages or benefits).