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profitable
/ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/
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What does profitable mean?
adjective
- Producing a profit.
- Beneficial, serviceable, of use.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/
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A pound of man’s flesh, taken from a man, Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
Female field-labour was seldom offered now, and its cheapness made it profitable for tasks which women could perform as readily as men.
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They got a very profitable return, and the five acres which were left to each of their company practically cost them nothing.
He possibly regarded it, as other publishers of newspapers then did, mainly as a means of obtaining a profitable business in job-printing.
The British aviators, however, work as a whole, and in the particular phases where such tactics are profitable have established incontestable superiority.