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rentable

profitable, cost-effective

adjective rren-TAH-bleh Rare

Usage Note

Rentable means yielding a financial return or being worth the investment — un negocio rentable is a profitable business. It can also be used figuratively for anything that pays off in effort or time: no es rentable dedicarle más horas (it is not worth putting more hours into it). The noun is rentabilidad (profitability).

Examples

"Esa inversión resultó muy rentable a largo plazo."

Natural Translation

That investment turned out to be very profitable in the long run.

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