adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a successful/profitable/thriving business
▪ Within a few years she had established a thriving business in London.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ I intend to show that marketing non-violence can be as profitable as the violence industry can be.
▪ Experience has taught them, however, that war itself is not necessarily as profitable as its preparation.
▪ It is estimated that keg beer is twice as profitable as cask beer, lager four times as profitable.
▪ On Feb. 26, Langham questioned whether Lucent would be as profitable as in the past.
▪ It is estimated that keg beer is twice as profitable as cask beer, lager four times as profitable.
▪ We are not shaking anybody down for public money, so we will not be as profitable as some franchises.
▪ This dash for colonial territories was not always as profitable as the colonial authorities might have wished.
▪ The retailer wants to make his business as profitable as possible.
highly
▪ Slavery is, then, under certain conditions, a highly profitable system of exploitation.
▪ But they found no trace of the highly profitable illegal cargo that it was supposed to be carrying.
▪ Co. in San Francisco said oil companies had been expected to turn in a highly profitable quarter.
▪ The aim is to produce beers that are sterile, have a long shelf life and are highly profitable.
▪ Tuft denies Catania's contentions, although he concedes the company borrows heavily and is not highly profitable.
▪ The venture was an immediate and highly profitable success in the years between the Wars.
▪ If you are seeking a highly profitable instant business, you will probably be disappointed-it does not exist.
less
▪ As coastal fisheries have become less profitable through overfishing, more fishermen have taken to killing small cetaceans to supplement their incomes.
▪ In this framework, policies that encourage investment are good; policies that make investment less profitable are bad.
▪ The Basset connection brought Richard less profitable consequences in 1233, when Gilbert Basset fell under royal disfavour.
▪ None the less, investors are right in perceiving that, for many tech companies, the growth is becoming less profitable.
more
▪ Higher demand for credit will drive up interest rates, making it more profitable for banks to supply more credit.
▪ Companies want proof that diversity training makes them more profitable and productive, but no hard data exists.
▪ The multinational drug companies are often exploiting that knowledge in their constant search for new and more profitable drugs.
▪ On the contrary, it was more profitable than ever before.
▪ The division of labour not only makes capitalist investment more profitable it also involves the continual undermining of workers' skills.
▪ Safer than bonds and a whole lot more profitable.
▪ The product side is more profitable than the custom side.
▪ Yet not one of these companies will pay a just claim until it is more profitable to pay than not.
most
▪ This strategy is capable of converting them from the least profitable product group to the most profitable - for a time.
▪ We once worked for a successful trucking company that built one of its most profitable operations around an unplanned incident.
▪ That's helped to make it one of the most profitable independent companies.
▪ Imax is the oldest of the three companies, at 28 years, and has been the most profitable.
▪ The other core business is United Distillers, the world's most profitable spirits company.
▪ Dedicated servers are one of Verio's fastest growing and most profitable businesses.
▪ SmithKline is Britain's fifth biggest company and one of the most profitable.
▪ Nowadays, it's the most profitable thing Tod does.
potentially
▪ To be effective, market segments must be clearly identifiable and substantial enough to be potentially profitable.
▪ Rather than expending vast sums on political posturing, we may in-stead choose to invest in potentially profitable space enterprises.
▪ To be known formally as Italiana Trasporti Ferroviaria, this organisation is potentially profitable.
▪ Financial intermediaries also ensure that projects that are potentially profitable will be able to obtain finance.
very
▪ Mental illness became a very profitable business indeed.
▪ In the long run, it may turn out to be a very profitable center.
▪ Baxter believed this was a very profitable exercise.
▪ In the process, the station has become very profitable.
▪ It may be secure, but it isn't very profitable for long.
▪ Kidnapping is a business and a very profitable one.
▪ The trick, clearly, is a very profitable one if you can get away with it.
▪ As the business had become very profitable by then, a syndicate was set up to buy Savery's rights.
■ NOUN
area
▪ But online stock trading was once one of the few reliably profitable areas of electronic commerce.
▪ The mortgage department was the most profitable area of the firm, and the place trainees most desperately wanted to work.
▪ Although banking remains important, the most profitable area for expansion in recent years has been manufacturing.
business
▪ Indeed, many draw very high salaries, run profitable businesses, have satisfied clients, and some become millionaires.
▪ And there are many examples of successful partnerships-entrepreneurs who worked positively together to build a profitable business.
▪ Mental illness became a very profitable business indeed.
▪ Copying music is a very profitable business here.
▪ Dedicated servers are one of Verio's fastest growing and most profitable businesses.
▪ When peace came in 1801, Gibbs was able to set up a profitable business in Cadiz.
▪ Finally, there are some occasions on which the private sector chooses to abandon a profitable business.
company
▪ Similarly, only profitable companies pay tax, so how do the loss-making startups benefit?
▪ Gates Corporation, on the other hand, is a profitable company with assets.
▪ It all spells out a more efficient and profitable company.
▪ It also means a more profitable company and more secure jobs.
▪ Certainly Dowty Electrics is a profitable company and I believe, our members have a reasonably secure future.
firm
▪ With the more profitable firms the differential between the main companies rate and the individual higher rate is only 7%.
investment
▪ While the scope for profitable investment in manufacturing industry was limited, the owner-occupied housing market seemed ideal for loan capital.
▪ In approving costs the Profitboss sees nothing but a profitable investment opportunity.
market
▪ After all, an entrepreneur needs no assets to engage in profitable market participation.
▪ Businessmen looked for profitable markets and new sources of cheap raw materials; the military looked for overseas bases.
▪ In consequence there has not been an opportunity for profitable market entry by efficient private companies.
product
▪ This strategy is capable of converting them from the least profitable product group to the most profitable - for a time.
▪ Otherwise, mature profitable products may be loaded with the costs of new product development and closed down too quickly.
use
▪ The second priority is to manage the demand for water and re-allocate it to the most profitable uses.
▪ Whoever is bidding against them presumably has a profitable use for it.
venture
▪ It showed that it was not going to be a profitable venture over time.
▪ On the whole it was a profitable venture.
year
▪ Copgo Wood Group enjoyed a profitable year with strong service sales to its oil company and geothermal customers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a profitable business
▪ I had a very profitable conversation with Jack today.
▪ It's only in the last year that our business has become profitable. Before that we were just managing to cover our costs.
▪ Many small hospitals are struggling to stay profitable.
▪ We don't sell children's clothes any more - it wasn't profitable enough.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Co. in San Francisco said oil companies had been expected to turn in a highly profitable quarter.
▪ It also is, very often, more profitable.
▪ It is a profitable business but there is evidence of some slack time, perhaps this is a learning curve effect.
▪ Observance of reasonable guidelines designed to encourage increased and profitable participation by Network members in cross-border transactions.
▪ The investments will only be profitable when the following conditions apply:.
▪ To finance the delays, the company took on a series of routine programming and trouble-shooting projects, which proved consistently profitable.
▪ Whether such a small mass payback is economically profitable is far from obvious.