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profitable

adj
/ˈpɹɒf.ɪ.tə.bl̩/UK/ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/US/ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.ɾə.bl̩/

Etymology

From Old French profitable, equivalent to profit + -able.

  1. derived from profitable

Definitions

  1. Producing a profit.

    • Profitable operation is being made possible by the widespread introduction of capacious diesel railcars, which for their comfort and speed are very popular with the travelling public.

  2. Beneficial, serviceable, of use.

    • I wylbe ferme and ſtabyll And to yow ſeruyceabyll And also prophytabyll Yf ye be agreabyll My propyr Beſſe To turne a gayne to me
    • Great Men, taken up in any way, are profitable company.
    • It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

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Derived

disprofitable, hyperprofitable, improfitable, nonprofitable, profitability, profitableness, profitably, ramen profitable, subprofitable, superprofitable, unprofitable

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at profitable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at profitable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at profitable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA