profitable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective yielding material gain or profit
    • profitable speculation on the stock market

WordNet

Prof"it*a*ble adjective
Etymology
F. profitable.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913