Category:Profitable

Prof"it*a*ble, a. Etym: [f. profitable.]

Defn: yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; Useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; Profitable business; a profitable study or profession. What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor. Arbuthnot. -- prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- prof"it*a*bly, adv.