Profitsome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Profitsome is an adjective meaning (informal, regional) Characterised or marked by profit.
Meaning
(informal, regional) Characterised or marked by profit.
Example Sentences
[...] to put my soap / in the slimming industry's / profitsome spoke
Earp nodded, then opined, “You'd have to drill in crops more profitsome than barley to make a go of it with hired water. It just don't pay to irrigate grain and grazing land. [...]”
So unless you could wrangle a government beef contract to supply nearby army posts or Indian agencies, and that had been the one true motive for the infamous Lincoln County War, you had to breed and sell stock more profitsome than beef on the hoof.
“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 found it profitsome to stay open after quitting time.
Synonyms for profitsome
Depending on context, synonyms include profitable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include money-making, profitseeking, for-profit, moneymaking, professional, mercantile.
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