0 the fact that something produces or is likely to produce a profit:
1 the situation in which a company, product, etc. is producing a profit:
The report cited improvement in the bank's profitability in recent years.
profitability of sth The performance of each department or activity can be judged as well as the overall profitability of the product.
boost/improve/increase profitability It plans a major reorganization of its corporate structure in an effort to boost profitability.
The directors are satisfied with the current level of profitability and the financial position of the group.
The company said its restructuring plan is on track to return to profitability in 2011.
long-term/short-term profitability
She expressed doubts about the future profitability of the stores.
The implications of restricting use of fertilizer nitrogen for the productivity of arable crops, their profitability and potential pollution by nitrate.
But this did not change the relative profitability of the treatments: sole maize fertilized and unfertilized remained more profitable than the respective legume intercrops.
The simulations, however, only indicate small profitability differences among various combinations of control months towards the start of the planting season.
Investment rises or falls initially depending on wether the intertemporal speculation effect dominates or not the capital profitability effect.
Conversely, a 20 % decline in maize price reduces profitability sharply, with production under natural fallow yielding the poorest income.
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