Nonprofit

Quick meaning: Nonprofit is an adjective meaning Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).

Meaning

Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).

More Meanings

1. Ellipsis of nonprofit organization (“an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization”).

Example Sentences

They make up one of three community outreach teams employed by OnPoint, a New York City nonprofit that provides services for people who use drugs.

The site's infrastructure (but not its content) is now run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), which will be described in depth in Chapter 17.

Gathering the application and my records , and summoning up as much courage as I could , I set out to complete the IRS application for a private, nonprofit agency.

The shelter, an independent nonprofit, was originally a pilot project of Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan, and still occupies its basement on the Upper West Side.

Word Forms

• non-profit
• nonprofits

Synonyms for nonprofit

Depending on context, synonyms include not-for-profit, non-profit-making, noncommercial.

Antonyms for nonprofit

Common opposites include for-profit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include noncommercial, non-profit-making, non-profit, charitable, lucrative, not-for-profit.

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