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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