Profitable meaning

I'm trying to make this a profitable business.

Dredging for gold, however, seems likely to prove very profitable and gold dust is found in practically every river in the hills.

Of these some still exist; others, ceasing to be profitable, have been abandoned.

Since many of the poor were not able-bodied, the workhouses were not profitable institutions.

Large quantities of frozen and preserved meat are exported, profitable prices being realized.