Crossword clues for profitableness
profitableness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Profitableness
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 the empire became fatal to
the
emperor.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster] -- Prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. --
Prof"it*a*bly, adv.
Wiktionary
profitableness
n. The quality of being profitable; gainfulness; usefulness; advantageousness.
WordNet
profitableness
n. the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn: profitability] [ant: unprofitableness, unprofitableness]
Usage examples of "profitableness".
It is unreasonable to expect profitableness and the amortisation of research into space travel at its present stage.