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1 profitable
/profitable/ * tính từ - có lợi, có ích =profitable advic+ lời khuyên có ích - sinh lãi, mang lợi =a profitable undertaking+ một công việc mang lợi -
2 affair
/ə'feə/ * danh từ - việc =it's my affair+ đây là việc (riêng) của tôi =mind your own affair+ hãy lo lấy việc của anh - (số nhiều) công việc, việc làm, sự vụ =internal affair of a country+ công việc nội bộ của một nước =Department of Home affair+ bộ nội vụ =Department of Foreign affairs+ bộ ngoại giao - chuyện tình, chuyện yêu đương - chuyện vấn đề =affair of honour+ vấn đề danh dự; cuộc đọ kiếm - việc buôn bán; việc giao thiệp =a profitable affair+ việc buôn bán có lời =to have an affair with somebody+ có việc giao thiệp với ai - (thông tục) cái, thứ, vật, đồ, món, chuyện =this motor-cycle is a very complicated affair+ cái mô tô này thật là một món phức tạp quá - (quân sự) trận đánh nhỏ
См. также в других словарях:
profitable — [ prɔfitabl ] adj. • 1155; de profiter ♦ Qui apporte, donne un avantage. ⇒ avantageux, payant, productif, salutaire, utile. Il ne s agit pas « de savoir si une action est légale ou immorale, mais si elle est profitable » (Balzac). Profitable à… … Encyclopédie Universelle
profitable — prof‧it‧a‧ble [ˈprɒftəbl ǁ ˈprɑː ] adjective FINANCE 1. producing a useful result: • I thought the meeting was very profitable. 2. producing a profit: • Innovation has made Sidek one of Mexico s most profitable companies. • Recycling automotive … Financial and business terms
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. [1913 Webster] What was so… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
profitable — Profitable. adj. de tout genre. Utile, avantageux. Cela ne vous sera guere profitable. un employ profitable. on luy avoit donné des avis profitables s il eust voulu s en servir … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
profitable — prof·it·able / prä fə tə bəl/ adj: affording profits: yielding advantageous returns or results prof·it·abil·i·ty /ˌprä fə tə bi lə tē/ n pro·fit·able·ness n prof·it·ably adv Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam We … Law dictionary
profitable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a business or activity) yielding profit or financial gain. 2) beneficial; useful: he d had a profitable day. DERIVATIVES profitability noun profitably adverb … English terms dictionary
profitable — (adj.) early 14c., yielding benefit, useful, from PROFIT (Cf. profit) + ABLE (Cf. able). Specific sense of money making is attested from 1758. Related: Profitability … Etymology dictionary
profitable — 1 *beneficial, advantageous Analogous words: *favorable, auspicious, propitious: *expedient, advisable, politic Antonyms: unprofitable Contrasted words: detrimental, deleterious (see PERNICIOUS): harming or harmful, injurious, hurting … New Dictionary of Synonyms
profitable — [adj] advantageous; money making assisting, beneficial, commercial, conducive, contributive, cost effective, effective, effectual, favorable, fruitful, gainful, going*, good, instrumental, in the black*, lucrative, paid off, paying, paying well,… … New thesaurus
profitable — [präf′it ə bəl] adj. yielding profit, gain, or benefit profitability n. profitableness profitably adv … English World dictionary
profitable — adj. 1 making a profit VERBS ▪ appear, be, prove, seem ▪ confident that the venture will prove profitable ▪ find sth ▪ become … Collocations dictionary
