for-profit

[ fer-prof-it ]

adjective

1. (of a business or institution) initiated or operated for the purpose of making a profit:

   for-profit hospitals.

Example Sentences

Will Christian pharmacists, county clerks, florists, and for-profit wedding chapels really withdraw from society, as you describe?

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Allow small businesses—for-profit wedding chapels, caterers, florists—to discriminate against gays.

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(2)  If a creative professional wants to volunteer to help a for-profit business, that is permissible.

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The schools have all hired the same for-profit management company to run their day-to-day operations.

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Large national for-profit charter management companies have joined regional powers like Mitchell to lead the charge.

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Related Words

• monetary
• money-making