profitability

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English profitable

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itās

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English profitability

From profitable + -ity.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/

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• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɔf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.tɪj/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɑ.fɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, [ˌpɹɑ.fɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ɾi]
• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /pɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, [pɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ɾi]
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɔf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌpɹɔf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɒf.ə.təˈbəl.ə.ti/, [ˌpɹɔ̟f.ə.təˈbəl.ə.ɾi]

Noun

profitability (countable and uncountable, plural profitabilities)

1. The state or quality of being profitable; capacity to make a profit.

   improve profitability

   assess profitability

   The company’s profitability increased after reducing costs.

   We need to evaluate the long-term profitability of the project.

Derived terms

• unprofitability

Translations

The quality or state of being profitable

• Albanian: përfitueshmëri f
• Arabic: مَرْدُودِيَّة f (mardūdiyya)
• Asturian: rentabilidá f
• Belarusian: прыбытко́васць f (prybytkóvascʹ), рэнта́бельнасць f (rentábjelʹnascʹ), дахо́днасць f (daxódnascʹ)
• Catalan: rendibilitat (ca) f
• Czech: ziskovost f
• Danish: rentabilitet c
• Dutch: winstgevendheid (nl) f, rentabiliteit (nl) f
• Finnish: tuottoisuus (fi), kannattavuus (fi)
• French: rentabilité (fr) f
• Galician: rendibilidade (gl) f
• Georgian: შემოსავლიანობა (šemosavlianoba), მომგებიანობა (momgebianoba), სარგებლიანობა (sargeblianoba), რენტაბელურობა (renṭabeluroba)
• German: Rentabilität (de) f
• Hindi: मुनाफ़ा m (munāfā), मुनाफा (hi) m (munāphā), लाभ (hi) m (lābh), आदा (hi) f (ādā), फलप्राप्ति (hi) f (phalaprāpti), लाभकारी (hi) (lābhkārī)
• Hungarian: rentabilitás (hu), jövedelmezőség (hu), nyereségesség (hu)
• Indonesian: profitabilitas (id)
• Polish: rentowność (pl) f, opłacalność (pl) f
• Romanian: profitabilitate f
• Russian: при́быльность (ru) f (príbylʹnostʹ), рента́бельность (ru) f (rentábelʹnostʹ), дохо́дность (ru) f (doxódnostʹ)
• Spanish: rentabilidad (es) f, lucratividad f, proficuidad f
• Swedish: lönsamhet (sv) c
• Turkish: karlılık
• Ukrainian: прибутко́вість f (prybutkóvistʹ), рента́бельність f (rentábelʹnistʹ), дохі́дність f (doxídnistʹ)