profitable
They are hoping to improve overall profitability.
She expressed doubts about the future profitability of the stores.
They have set a new plan to achieve profitability.

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Profits & losses
anti-profiteering
anti-speculative
be a licence to print moneyidiom
buoyancy
buoyant
cash cow
deficit
lose
lose your shirtidiom
margin
muck
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out-of-pocket
pi
pocket
profit from something
profit warning
rake-off
trade surplus
winnings

profitability | Business English

profitability
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌprɒfɪtəˈbɪlɪti/us
COMMERCE, FINANCE
the situation in which a company, product, etc. is producing a profit:
The report cited improvement in the bank's profitability in recent years.
profitability of sthThe performance of each department or activity can be judged as well as the overall profitability of the product.
boost/improve/increase profitabilityIt plans a major reorganization of its corporate structure in an effort to boost profitability.
The directors are satisfied with the current level of profitability and the financial position of the group.
The company said its restructuring plan is on track to return to profitability in 2011.
achieve/drive/reach profitability
corporate/declining/future profitability
long-term/short-term profitability

Examples of profitability

profitability
The implications of restricting use of fertilizer nitrogen for the productivity of arable crops, their profitability and potential pollution by nitrate.
But this did not change the relative profitability of the treatments: sole maize fertilized and unfertilized remained more profitable than the respective legume intercrops.
The simulations, however, only indicate small profitability differences among various combinations of control months towards the start of the planting season.
Investment rises or falls initially depending on wether the intertemporal speculation effect dominates or not the capital profitability effect.
Conversely, a 20 % decline in maize price reduces profitability sharply, with production under natural fallow yielding the poorest income.
Because this excessive capacity has rapidly depleted fish stocks, profitability has plunged, reducing the value of ships on the market.
The only thing that counts is the profitability of the factory.
Therefore, alternative agriculture, compared to conventional cropping systems, may be able to achieve relatively large increases in profitability with a change of practices.
Enhancing yield, profitability and nitrogen mineralization in corn-based integrated cropping systems.
The sixth and seventh papers evaluate the energy use efficiency and profitability of alternative reduced tillage cropping systems.
Profitability may also be improved by lower fertilizer costs if nutrient credits are taken for applied manure.
Finally, estimation results of an adoption equation, and cost, production, and profitability equations as well as policy conclusions are presented.
Conversely, more land for agro-pastoral production will benefit the local people, depress the profitability of the park agency and displace the wildlife habitat.
In addition to markets, property rights, pricing policies and institutional arrangements can also influence the profitability and uptake of new innovations.
In addition, a profitability equation is estimated parameterizing the grazing decision by using the length of grazing rotation as a variable.
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Collocations withprofitability

profitability

These are words often used in combination with profitability.

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corporate profitability
Most physicians currently function under a variety of incentive systems designed to reduce utilization, and thus costs, in keeping with the aims of corporate profitability.
future profitability
This can have a major effect on the future profitability of a company and on its cash flow.
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