profitability

noun

Definition of profitabilitynext
as in desirability

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  1. desirability
  2. expediency
  3. usefulness
  4. expedience
Noun
  • The new product mix will help fuel desirability for the brand at these shopping destinations, Cantagalli said.
    Martino Carrera, WWD, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Homebuyers are often eager to research neighborhood characteristics like access to shopping, school quality, or crime rates because these factors impact liveability, desirability, and safety, and the same logic should apply to researching climate risks.
    Daryl Fairweather, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of desirability
Noun
  • The group is also the choice of expediency, since Russia offers troops, weapons, and training with no strings attached.
    Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 11 May 2023
  • Built for expediency Texas Children's emergency department is next door to its urgent care.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 2 Feb. 2024
Definition of expediency
Noun
  • Political swamps do not entertain any future different from the present, with its jobs and departments that have outlived their usefulness or have become too expensive for taxpayers.
    Wal van Lierop, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • It was signed that December. Between the lines: Awareness of these laws is key to their actual usefulness.
    Emily Peck, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of usefulness
Noun
  • This heady brew of commercial and geopolitical pressures is forcing TSMC executives to sign big contracts for wind and solar power, at times eschewing affordability for expedience.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Make no mistake, Biden is a true patriot — someone who unlike so many cares more about his country, the welfare of its citizens and the Constitution than political expedience and personal gain.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
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