The phrase "a profitable basis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a foundation or starting point that is expected to yield financial benefits or advantages.
Example: "The company established a profitable basis for its expansion by investing in new technologies and markets."
Alternatives: "a lucrative foundation" or "a beneficial groundwork".
"There are a lot of members of the House of Representatives who don't have all this heartfelt affection for Amtrak," Mr. Armey said, "and they keep wondering about the number of years that we have tried to sustain this operation that doesn't seem to be able to get on a profitable basis".
It proved difficult to employ them on a profitable basis, however, and during the 18th century workhouses tended to degenerate into mixed receptacles where every type of pauper, whether needy or criminal, young or old, infirm, healthy, or insane, was dumped.
I run my businesses back in the city on a profitable basis.
It allows this specialization of knowledge not only to be executed but to be executed on a profitable basis..
He added: "But we are also serious in that our interest in Alitalia is only... if there was a significant restructuring so that Alitalia could reasonably be seen to operate on a profitable basis". Mr O'Leary also said there would need to be "an absence of Italian government interference".
At the moment the bureau has, in theory, ¥130 trillion of pension money, which is supposed to be invested on a "sound and profitable basis".
What is needed is time to work out how to do the basic assembly of atoms into stable structures, and then to learn how to do that continuously on a predictable and profitable basis.
He was also the first man to put on a profitable, systematic basis the theatrical custom known as papering the house.
Despite the recent commercial success of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles their market share is still insufficient to produce either a significant impact on energy consumption on a global basis or a profitable automotive segment.
If you're considering entrepreneurship by startup, that path involves building a company from scratch, without knowing whether the product or service is something that can be the basis for a profitable business.
I'm pretty darn confident we can turn the knobs to even on a full basis profitable if we wanted to, but you would sacrifice growth".
