| profitable | | |
| adj. | 1. profitable | yielding material gain or profit.; "profitable speculation on the stock market" |
| ~ advantageous | giving an advantage.; "a contract advantageous to our country"; "socially advantageous to entertain often" |
| ~ productive | producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly).; "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration" |
| ~ bankable | guaranteed to bring a profit.; "without bankable stars the film script aroused no interest" |
| ~ juicy, fat | lucrative.; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" |
| ~ gainful, paying, paid | yielding a fair profit. |
| ~ economic | financially rewarding.; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service" |
| ~ lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative | producing a sizeable profit.; "a remunerative business" |
| ~ useful, utile | being of use or service.; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society" |
| profit | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. earnings, lucre, net, net income, net profit, profit, profits | the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses). |
| ~ income | the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time. |
| ~ earning per share | the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. |
| ~ windfall profit | profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it. |
| ~ cleanup, killing | a very large profit. |
| ~ fast buck, quick buck | quick or easy earnings,.; "they are traders out to make a fast buck" |
| ~ filthy lucre | shameful profit.; "he would sell his soul for filthy lucre" |
| ~ gross profit, gross profit margin, margin | (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold. |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| ~ markup | the amount added to the cost to determine the asking price. |
| ~ accumulation | (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation. |
| ~ dividend | that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. gain, profit | the advantageous quality of being beneficial. |
| ~ advantage, vantage | the quality of having a superior or more favorable position.; "the experience gave him the advantage over me" |
| ~ account | the quality of taking advantage.; "she turned her writing skills to good account" |
| ~ gainfulness, lucrativeness, profitability, profitableness | the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit. |
| v. (possession) | 3. benefit, gain, profit | derive a benefit from.; "She profited from his vast experience" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ cash in on | take advantage of or capitalize on. |
| ~ profiteer | make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods. |
| ~ capitalize, take advantage, capitalise | draw advantages from.; "he is capitalizing on her mistake"; "she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" |
| ~ pyramid | enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts. |
| ~ net, sack up, sack, clear | make as a net profit.; "The company cleared $1 million" |
| v. (possession) | 4. profit, turn a profit | make a profit; gain money or materially.; "The company has not profited from the merger" |
| ~ line one's pockets | make a lot of money. |
| ~ turn a nice dime, turn a nice dollar, turn a nice penny | make a satisfactory profit.; "The company turned a nice dime after a short time" |
| ~ clean up | make a big profit; often in a short period of time.; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up" |
| ~ earn, realise, bring in, pull in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
Recent comments
7 weeks 6 days ago
7 weeks 6 days ago
7 weeks 6 days ago
8 weeks 4 days ago
12 weeks 5 days ago
13 weeks 5 days ago
14 weeks 3 days ago
14 weeks 4 days ago
19 weeks 14 hours ago
34 weeks 3 days ago