gainfulness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gainfulness
    n 1: the quality of affording gain or benefit or profit [syn:
         {profitableness}, {profitability}, {gainfulness},
         {lucrativeness}] [ant: {unprofitability},
         {unprofitableness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gainful \Gain"ful\, a.
   Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. "A gainful speculation."
   --Macaulay. -- {Gain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Gain"ful*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

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