profitable

adjective

1. 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. 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.

Forms

comparative

more profitable

superlative

most profitable