Profitable definition

prŏfĭ-tə-bəl
Yielding profit, gain, or benefit.
adjective
4
2
The definition of profitable is something with a financial gain or benefit.

An example of profitable is a dresser bought from a thrift store for $10 that you're able to sell for $50.

adjective
2
2
adjective
0
0
Yielding profit; advantageous.

An investment that was barely profitable.

adjective
2
3
Advertisement

Other Word Forms

Adjective

Base Form:
profitable
Superlative:
profitablest

Profitable Sentence Examples

  • 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.

More sentences

Related articles

Also Mentioned In

Words near profitable in the Dictionary