English Explanatory Dictionary

for-profit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organization that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money.
noun
  1. An organization whose goal is to make a profit.

Word forms

for-profit forprofit for-profits

Etymology

From for + profit; see the earlier not-for-profit and nonprofit.

Synonyms

commercial profitable profitmaking profitseeking
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