[ UK /pɹˈɒfɪtəbə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɑfətəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. yielding material gain or profit
    profitable speculation on the stock market
Linguix Browser extension
Fix your writing
on millions of websites
Get Started For Free Linguix pencil

How To Use profitable In A Sentence

  • One of the problems with this kind of pricing is that it has a tendency to hammer the less profitable stores or chains, such as Borders. September « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
  • So no matter how boneheaded an incompetent manager I am, my department is 100% guaranteed to be profitable as long as I'm good at keeping my receipts?
  • Competitors have been able to cherry pick the profitable areas, such as business mail. Times, Sunday Times
  • The more customers that sign up, the more profitable this company becomes, since it earns interest on escrowed payroll taxes from customers.
  • Underlying all decisions about subcontracting is the desire to make the entire project profitable.
  • Unprofitable eloquence is like the cypress, which is great and tall, but bears no fruit. 
  • This is an unprofitable business and it is not confined to Britain's biggest supermarket chain.
  • With Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, he has created his own pay-per-view series, the profitable 'Latin Fury', which he stocks with his vast array of Mexican and Puerto Rican standouts.
  • Regulation is making banking much less profitable than it used to be. Times, Sunday Times
  • How weary, flat, stale, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world
View all
This website uses cookies to make Linguix work for you. By using this site, you agree to our cookie policy