'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]
Words containing 'Profitableness'
- Profit,
- Profitable,
- Profitably,
- Profited,
- Profiting,
- profit by,
- profitability,
- profiteer,
- profits,
- Mesne profits,
- To turn to profit,
- Violent profits,
- gross profit,
- margin of profit,
- net profit,
- not-for-profit,
- paper profit,
- paper profits,
- profit and loss,
- profit margin,
- profit sharing,
- profit taker,
- turn a profit,
- windfall profit,
- gross profit margin,
- profit and loss account,
- profit-maximising,
- profit-maximizing,
- non-profit-making,
- profit-and-loss statement,
- nonprofit non-profit-making