'Profitableness' definitions:

Definition of 'profitableness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome [syn: favorableness, favourableness, advantageousness, positivity, positiveness, profitableness] [ant: unfavorableness, unfavourableness]
noun
The quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn: profitableness, profitability, gainfulness, lucrativeness] [ant: unprofitability, unprofitableness]

Definition of 'Profitableness'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]