"profitable" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "profit + -able",
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    {
      "form": "profitable",
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        "positive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "more profitable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most profitable",
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        "superlative"
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  "hyphenation": "prof‧it‧a‧ble",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "word": "unprofitable"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our product was a profitable one for years, and we retired as millionaires."
        },
        {
          "text": "I made a profitable study of French. I spoke the language fluently within months."
        }
      ],
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        "If something is profitable, it means it is money-making or it produces other good results."
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      "ipa": "/ˈprɑfɪtəbl̩/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈprɒfɪtəbl̩/",
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  "etymology_text": "profit + -able",
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      "form": "profitable",
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        "positive"
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    {
      "form": "more profitable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most profitable",
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        "superlative"
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  "hyphenation": "prof‧it‧a‧ble",
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "word": "unprofitable"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our product was a profitable one for years, and we retired as millionaires."
        },
        {
          "text": "I made a profitable study of French. I spoke the language fluently within months."
        }
      ],
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        "If something is profitable, it means it is money-making or it produces other good results."
      ]
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