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- Dictionaryprofitable/ˈprɒfɪtəbl/
adjective
- 1. (of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain: "a professionally run and profitable company" Similar Opposite
- 2. beneficial; useful: "he'd had a profitable day" Similar Opposite
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PROFITABLE definition: 1. making or likely to make a profit: 2. in a way that produces or is likely to produce an…. Learn more.
The meaning of PROFITABLE is affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results. How to use profitable in a sentence.
in a way that produces or is likely to produce an advantage: I made profitable use of my time, mixing with a lot of different people and practicing my Spanish. Opposite. unprofitable. Fewer examples. a highly profitable line of products. Customers weren't willing to pay enough to make the products profitable.
Profitable definition: yielding profit; remunerative. See examples of PROFITABLE used in a sentence.
Definition of 'profitable' Word Frequency. profitable. (prɒfɪtəbəl ) 1. adjective B2. A profitable organization or practice makes a profit. Improved transport turned agriculture into a highly profitable business. It was profitable for them to produce large amounts of food. [ + for] profitably (prɒfɪtəbli ) adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2.
Things that are profitable make money or are beneficial in other ways. Businesses hope to be profitable in the financial sense, but a profitable relationship is one that's good for everyone involved.
Definition of profitable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. money which is gained in business etc, eg from selling something for more than one paid for it. I made a profit of $8,000 on my house; He sold it at a huge profit.
PROFITABLE definition: 1. making or likely to make a profit: 2. useful or likely to give you an advantage: . Learn more.
PROFITABLE meaning: 1 : making money; 2 : producing good or helpful results or effects
