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Answer for the clue "The quality of affording gain or benefit or profit ", 14 letters:
profitableness

Word definitions for profitableness in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being profitable; gainfulness; usefulness; advantageousness.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn: profitability ] [ant: unprofitableness , unprofitableness ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. What was so profitable to ...

Usage examples of profitableness.

It is unreasonable to expect profitableness and the amortisation of research into space travel at its present stage.