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.
— Prof″it‐a‐ble‐ness, n. — Prof″it‐a‐bly, adv.