profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl 
ˈpräf-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
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Examples of profitable in a Sentence
The movie was very profitable.
selling real estate on the side turned out to be a profitable venture for the stay-at-home mom
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But this shipment of .50-cal rounds for Battle Born Munitions was profitable, according to Brown.
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
But on the other side, the guys who are really good at that are really bad at building streaming business models that are profitable.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
Patrick Wilson makes his directorial debut with this fifth installment of the hugely profitable horror series, last visited in 2018′s Insidious: The Last Key.
—Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
And at the moment, these ventures are not profitable.
—Abc News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2023
More hosts, concerned about the risk of penalties or legal costs, are focusing on month-to-month rentals, which can be less profitable but aren’t as widely regulated.
—Natalie Lung, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2023
Several scholars have pointed to this phenomenon as a cause of gentrification driven by Airbnb, as homeowners convert what would otherwise be stable monthly housing into more profitable short-term rentals.
—WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023
Benson will be marrying into quite the family, as Davis is heir to a huge fortune left behind by his grandfather, that was built upon profitable deals across the oil and entertainment industries.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
The ads were profitable, netting more than $100 million annually.
—Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
But on the other side, the guys who are really good at that are really bad at building streaming business models that are profitable.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023
Patrick Wilson makes his directorial debut with this fifth installment of the hugely profitable horror series, last visited in 2018′s Insidious: The Last Key.
—Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
And at the moment, these ventures are not profitable.
—Abc News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2023
More hosts, concerned about the risk of penalties or legal costs, are focusing on month-to-month rentals, which can be less profitable but aren’t as widely regulated.
—Natalie Lung, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2023
Several scholars have pointed to this phenomenon as a cause of gentrification driven by Airbnb, as homeowners convert what would otherwise be stable monthly housing into more profitable short-term rentals.
—WIRED, 2 Sep. 2023
Benson will be marrying into quite the family, as Davis is heir to a huge fortune left behind by his grandfather, that was built upon profitable deals across the oil and entertainment industries.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
The ads were profitable, netting more than $100 million annually.
—Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of profitable was
in the 14th century
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profitable
adjective
prof·it·able
ˈprä-fə-tə-bəl
: affording profits : yielding advantageous returns or results
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