English-Thai Dictionary

profitable

ADJ ซึ่ง ได้ ผลประโยชน์  useful beneficial gainful sueng-dai-pon-pra-yod

 

profitableness

N การ ได้ ผลประโยชน์  expediency kan-dai-pon-pra-yod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROFITABLE

a.Yielding or bringing profit or gain; gainful; lucrative; as a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. 1. Useful; advantageous.
What was so profitable to the empire, became fatal to the emperor.

 

PROFITABLENESS

n.Gainfulness; as the profitableness of trade. 1. Usefulness; advantageousness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROFITABLE

Prof "it *a *ble, a. Etym: [F. profitable. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

profitable

prof it a ble |ˈpräfitəbəl ˈprɑfədəbəl | ▶adjective 1 (of a business or activity ) yielding profit or financial gain. 2 beneficial; useful: he'd had a profitable day. DERIVATIVES prof it a bil i ty |ˌpräfitəˈbilətē |noun, prof it a bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from the verb profiter (see profit ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

profitable

prof ¦it |able |ˈprɒfɪtəb (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 (of a business or activity ) yielding profit or financial gain. 2 beneficial; useful: he'd had a profitable day. DERIVATIVES profitability |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun profitably adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from the verb profiter (see profit ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

profitable

profitable adjective 1 a profitable company: moneymaking, profit-making, commercial, successful, solvent, in the black, gainful, remunerative, financially rewarding, paying, lucrative, bankable. ANTONYMS loss-making. 2 profitable study: beneficial, useful, advantageous, valuable, productive, worthwhile; rewarding, fruitful, illuminating, informative, well-spent. ANTONYMS fruitless, useless.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

profitable

profitable adjective 1 a profitable venture: moneymaking, profit-making, commercial, successful, commercially successful, money-spinning, sound, solvent, in the black, cost-effective, fruitful, gainful, remunerative, financially rewarding, paying, lucrative, bankable. ANTONYMS unprofitable, loss-making. 2 working with Kelly had been a profitable experience for him: beneficial, useful, advantageous, helpful, of use, of service, valuable, productive, worthwhile; rewarding, fruitful, enriching, illuminating, informative, well spent, salutary. ANTONYMS fruitless, useless.

 

French Dictionary

profitable

profitable adj. adjectif Qui procure un avantage; utile. : Une formation profitable. Ces activités sont très profitables. SYNONYME avantageux ; lucratif ; rentable .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

profitable

prof it a ble /prɑ́fətəb (ə )l |prɔ́f -/→profit 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈会社 事業などが 〉もうかる , 利益を生む ; 〖it is ～ (for A ) to do 〗(A 〈人 〉が )…することがもうけになる (↔unprofitable )▸ a highly profitable business [investment ]非常に収益性の高い事業 [投資 ]2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗有益な, 役に立つ ▸ a profitable discussion 実のある議論