profitable venture

collocation in English

meaningsofprofitableandventure

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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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venture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈven.tʃər/us
/ˈven.tʃɚ/
a new activity, usually in business, that involves risk ...
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(Definition ofprofitableandventurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, he desires the extra money it would bring, as it is a highlyprofitableventure.
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I understand he is saying that at the moment it is not aprofitableventure.
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Its management have the skills to turn the airport into aprofitableventurewithin a year.
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It was a highlyprofitableventureby two companies well able to afford the funds.
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It is because they are making a veryprofitableventureout of it.
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We save the taxpayer some money by this efficient andprofitableventure.
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How is it possible to close down such aprofitableventure?
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Once confidence has been restored, beef will continue to be aprofitableventurefor the farming community.
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The whole period between prospecting and production will take some eight to ten years and will cost around £5 million before it is certain that it is aprofitableventure.
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I accept that at present it would be only a piece of paper, but, who knows, in 15 or 20 years' time it could become aprofitableventure.
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It has riot been aprofitableventure.
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The needs include housing development by the public authority for those in the greatest need, taken as a social service and not merely as aprofitableventure.
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However, he has until tonight advanced the case on the basis that we had embarked on aprofitableventure.
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If it is aprofitableventure, this removes completely, lock stock and barrel, every argument for subsidy for this venture.
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It is always desirable to run pilot plants, but here again it is necessary to have someone to run them; and a pilot plant is not usually aprofitableventure.
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It tends to masquerade as aprofitableventureand on that ground it is hoped that it will get through with the project.
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It would be aprofitableventurefor a small number of people, but it would riot be profitable for the many thousands of people employed in the textile industry.
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If all this was taken into consideration, opencast mining would be shown not to be aprofitableventureand would quickly cease.
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We must go on the basis that this is a potentiallyprofitableventureand, therefore, deal with it with a view to the taxpayer getting a reasonable deal.
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The film became a blockbuster and was aprofitableventure.
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