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With new income around the company becomes profitable (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

economic

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'profitable' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'with new income around' is the wordplay.
'with new' becomes 'econ' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'income' becomes 'economic rent' (economic rent is a kind of income).
'around' says to take the centre.
The middle of 'economicrent' is 'omic'.
'econ'+'omic'='ECONOMIC'

'the company becomes' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for economic that I've seen before include "Productive: financially sound" , "One comic (anag)" , "Monetary; cost-effective" , "Capable of operating at a profit" , "(Likely to be) profitable" .)

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