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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(business, of an organization) For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organization that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money..
For-profit capitalism has created social and economic inequality; successful not-for-profit businesses including Mozilla and the Big Issue point to an alternative path[.]
Florida being Florida, all that energetic for-profit concerns had to do was set up non-profit shell companies as nominal administrators.
Use for-profit when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
For-profit means (business, of an organization) For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organization that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money..
Common synonyms include commercial, profitable, profitmaking, profitseeking.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For-profit capitalism has created social and economic inequality; successful not-for-profit businesses including Mozilla and the Big Issue point to an alternative path[.]
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