profitable transaction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprofitableandtransaction
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profitable
adjective
uk/ˈprɒf.ɪ.tə.bəl/us/ˈprɑː.fɪ.t̬ə.bəl/
making or likely to make ...
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transaction
noun[C or U]
uk/trænˈzæk.ʃən/us/trænˈzæk.ʃən/
an occasion when someone buys or sells something, or when money is exchanged or the activity of buying or ...
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(Definition ofprofitableandtransactionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That does not sound a veryprofitabletransaction, the paper said, and we should know more.
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If the reduction in freights were considerable, carrying these goods by rail might not then be aprofitabletransaction.
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They have to compare the two positions and judge which is likely to be the moreprofitabletransaction.
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We do not know what the cost will be to the joint stock banks, though it cannot be a veryprofitabletransactionfor them.
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I am sure those who look back on the transaction will regard it in its entirety as aprofitabletransaction.
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It would be a veryprofitabletransactionif they could get its use made compulsory.
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It might have lost £300,000,000, and still have made aprofitabletransaction.
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It will be a veryprofitabletransaction.
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Is it not a veryprofitabletransaction?
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A high rate of interest might make all the difference between this undertaking being a burden and its being aprofitabletransactionfor some years to come.
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The market will pay only what it believes will make for a viable andprofitabletransactionand not what the district valuer believes it should fetch.
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The company now claims to enjoy over 40% repeat business from its customers and has carried out over 600,000 profitable transactions with them.
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