Profitable vs Sterling - What's the difference?
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Producing a profit.
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, title= The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
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, chapter=1 Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
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Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.
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Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.
Profitable is a related term of sterling.
As an adjective profitable
is producing a profit.As a proper noun sterling is
a scottish surname, variant of stirling.profitable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable . Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing"
Synonyms
* lucrativeAntonyms
* unprofitableDerived terms
* (l)sterling
English
(wikipedia sterling)Noun
citation, passage=“… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted. […]”}}
- Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.
Adjective
(-)citation, page= , passage=Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season.}}