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profitableness (encz) | profitableness, n: |
Profitableness (gcide) | Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, a. [F. profitable.]
Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative;
useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable
trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.
[1913 Webster]
What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to
the
emperor. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster] -- Prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. --
Prof"it*a*bly, adv.
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profitableness (wn) | profitableness
n 1: the quality of being encouraging or promising of a
successful outcome [syn: favorableness, favourableness,
advantageousness, positivity, positiveness,
profitableness] [ant: unfavorableness,
unfavourableness]
2: the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn:
profitableness, profitability, gainfulness,
lucrativeness] [ant: unprofitability, unprofitableness] |
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