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Meanings of profit-making in English

Profitable.

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Examples for "profitable"
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Any future rise is because we're growing in profitable areas, he said.
Reuters
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Nevertheless, the UK remains a highly profitable market, increasingly dominated by S&N.
The Guardian
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The car parts business has long been highly profitable, industry analysts say.
Reuters
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A problem arises, and companies race to invest in a profitable solution.
The new yorker
5
The November report said New Zealand banks were profitable and well capitalised.
Radio NZ
Usage of profit-making in English
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We wanted it to be a free night, not a profit-making thing.
The Irish Times
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However, for advocates of free childcare, the existence of profit-making enterprises is problematic.
The Guardian
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Most observers conclude that it ought to close since it is not profit-making.
The Irish Times
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The department of divestment had proposed 10 percent divestment in profit-making CIL subsidiaries.
Reuters
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All our system revolves around that central sun of profit-making, Jonathan.
The Common Sense of Socialism / A Series of Letters Addressed to...
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It appears that private, profit-making nursing homes have greater difficulty in providing quality care.
The Irish Times
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It is also the principal subsidiary of a profit-making company called the Apollo Group.
The new yorker
8
As part of the plan SAS aims to sell its profit-making Norwegian operation Wideroe.
Reuters
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Under section 108, a library in a profit-making organization would not be authorized to:
Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians
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But when this cash didn't go into profit-making ventures, Florida's financial regulators stepped in.
The Irish Times
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Some high-profile and profit-making deals led by Meng for D.E.
Reuters
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Many other stock exchanges around the world are profit-making bodies.
Reuters
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Eastern men were forming profit-making corporations to colonize western land.
Land of the Burnt Thigh
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AA: Fiona, what is your biggest fear about profit-making companies coming into British state education?
The Guardian
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In 1833 the company was forbidden to engage in trade, and the profit-making motive disappeared.
The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
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And, the LRC argued, compensation should not be a profit-making exercise that depletes scarce state resources.
The South African
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