Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
profit-maximizing is an adjective meaning "making the profit as great as possible". It carries one recorded sense.
making the profit as great as possible
“the profit-maximizing price”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for profit-maximizing come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.