profitable
Adjektivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈpɹɒf.ɪ.tə.bl̩//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩//
- //ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.ɾə.bl̩//
Producing a profit.
Adjektiv
- 1
Producing a profit.
Profitable operation is being made possible by the widespread introduction of capacious diesel railcars, which for their comfort and speed are very popular with the travelling public.
California state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson told The Wall Street Journal last month when the legislation passed that “one-fourth of California’s publicly traded companies still do not have a single woman on their board, despite numerous independent studies that show companies with women on their board are more profitable and productive.”
- 2
Beneficial, serviceable, of use.
I wylbe ferme and ſtabyll And to yow ſeruyceabyll And also prophytabyll Yf ye be agreabyll My propyr Beſſe To turne a gayne to me
Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company.
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
Herkunft
From Old French profitable, equivalent to profit + -able.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more profitable
- Superlativ
- most profitable