Another incentive for television recycling has been the rise of eBay, which provides a profitable outlet for the sale of old programs.

Agribusiness has also found a profitable outlet in the production of animal feed.

If that helps the series establish itself, NBC News will have found another profitable outlet.

Depositors are commonly financial institutions and multinational firms looking for a more profitable or convenient outlet for dollar deposits that they have acquired in the USA.

Obviously, the existence of this market and a profitable outlet for the dollars was an essential incentive.

Nestlé was the world's largest seller of infant formula, which provided a profitable outlet for surplus milk produced in Europe and the United States.

Company officials would not disclose sales figures, but industry insiders suspect the store may be the company's most profitable outlet.

Three opened in 1986; now there are 155 in 38 of the 169 municipalities, providing profitable outlets for the farmers and economical fresh produce for consumers.

The buyer closed or sold its less profitable outlets, leading to layoffs, and "the spinoffs are still struggling in the marketplace," Mr. Caneer said.

In the early 1990s, Wetherspoon began a policy of routinely selling off their smaller and/or less profitable outlets, often-but not always-replacing them with larger premises very close by.