not-for-profit

[ not-fer-prof-it ]

adjective

1. nonprofit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of not-for-profit¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

A not-for-profit organization accountable only to itself, it can set and change its standards at will.

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I first took a day job as a grant writer at a not-for-profit art institution.

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The next most productive is the not-for-profit sector, then comes state and local governments, and finally the federal government.

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