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Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.

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  1. a. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative.
  2. adj. yielding a fair profit
  3. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. "A gainful speculation." Macaulay. -- Gain"ful*ly, adv. -- Gain"ful*ness, n.
  4. Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. "A gainful speculation."Macaulay.-- Gain"ful*ly, adv.-- Gain"ful*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s. yielding a fair profit