1 resulting in or likely to result in a profit or a benefit:
be profitable for sb to do sth Consumers need to convince farmers that it can be profitable for them to grow organic food.
profitable growth
highly/very profitable This is a highly profitable business.
a profitable business/company They are now among the most profitable companies quoted on the New York Stock Exchange.
Sharp and his wife also kept a grocery shop for several years, but did not find it profitable.
As with any investment, the returns must exceed the actors' discount rates and be more profitable than alternative available uses of the resources.
Initially, most payment programs for land diversion had a fixed payment per land unit, attracting the least profitable lands while maximizing the area enrolled.
There is mounting evidence that this approach is neither profitable for producers nor good for the environment2.
The combination encouraged efficiency and produced reasonably profitable pastoral farming.
Cultural capital not only has been conserved but has generated revenue by profitable conversion into social and economic capital.
The argument was that even academic and quasi-academic institutions should actively seek to market their services and engage in profitable trading with private sector customers.
The key argument on oaths in this commentary is contained in his observation that solemn oaths are both profitable and needful.
