Definition of Profitability

1. Noun. The quality of affording gain or benefit or profit.

Exact synonyms: Gainfulness, Lucrativeness, Profitableness
Generic synonyms: Gain, Profit
Derivative terms: Profitable, Profitable
Antonyms: Unprofitability, Unprofitableness

Definition of Profitability

1. Noun. The quality or state of being profitable. ¹

2. Noun. The capacity to make a profit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Profitability

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Profitability

profit-maximising
profit-maximizing
profit-taking
profit and loss
profit and loss account
profit margin
profit margins
profit monger
profit sharing
profit taker
profit taking
profit takings
profit warning
profit warnings
profitabilities
profitability (current term)
profitable
profitableness
profitablest
profitably
profited
profiteer
profiteered
profiteering
profiteers
profiter
profiterole
profiteroles
profiters
profitest

Literary usage of Profitability

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wheat Production in Bangladesh: Technological, Economic, and Policy Issues by Michael L. Morris, Nuimuddin Chowdhury, Craig Meisner (1997)
"Effects of Government Policies on profitability Since the financial and economic budgets are calculated using the same input-output coefficients, ..."

2. Global Competitiveness of U. S. Advanced-Technology Manufacturing Industries ...by DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"However, industry profitability declined significantly to just under $200 ... This sustained decline in industry profitability was to a large extent the ..."

3. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories edited by Jonathan Y. Richmond, Robert W. McKinney (1994)
"Financial performance During 1987-91, profitability ratios, as measured by the return on sales and assets, in SICs 3812 and 3829 generally declined, ..."

4. Elements of Political Science by Stephen Leacock (1906)
"Based on a Theory of profitability; the Doctrine of Laissez Faire. The view that social justice demands that the individual should be left in ..."

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