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profitsome

profitsome adjective: characterised or marked by profit.

Adjective

profitsome (comparative more profitsome, superlative most profitsome)

  1. (informal, regional) Characterised or marked by profit
    • [...] to put my soap / in the slimming industry's / profitsome spoke1996, James Acheson, Romana Huk, Contemporary British Poetry
    • “Your sister says she tried to put you through college,” Longarm replied as they headed on down the sandstone sidewalk, deserted like the most of the business district at that hour, save for an island of bright lights every quarter mile or so, where a saloon, a tobacco shop, or chili parlor still...2001, Tabor Evans, Longarm and the Lady Bandit
    Synonyms:
    profitable

Synonyms of profitsome

Forms of profitsome

comparativemore profitsome
superlativemost profitsome

Origin of profitsome

From profit + -some.

Questions about profitsome

What does profitsome mean?
Profitsome means characterised or marked by profit.
What part of speech is profitsome?
Profitsome is an adjective.

Words near profitsome in the dictionary

  1. profits warnings
  2. profits à prendre
  3. profits-a-prendre
  4. profits-à-prendre
  5. profitseeking
  6. profitsome
  7. Profitt
  8. profitted
  9. profitting
  10. Profitts
  11. profitwise

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