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Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.

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  1. a. Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession.
  2. adj. yielding material gain or profit
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. j:100 a. yielding material gain or profit