profitableness

2 definitions found

profitableness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Profitable \Prof"it*a*ble\, a. [F. profitable.]
     Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative;
     useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable
     trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to
           the
           emperor.                                 --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster] -- Prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. --
     Prof"it*a*bly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

profitableness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  profitableness
      n 1: the quality of being encouraging or promising of a
           successful outcome [syn: favorableness, favourableness,
           advantageousness, positivity, positiveness,
           profitableness] [ant: unfavorableness,
           unfavourableness]
      2: the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn:
         profitableness, profitability, gainfulness,
         lucrativeness] [ant: unprofitability, unprofitableness]