not-for-profit

[ not-fer-prof-it ]

adjective

nonprofit.

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Origin of not-for-profit

First recorded in 1965–70

Words that may be confused with not-for-profit

nonprofit, not-for-profit

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How to use not-for-profit in a sentence

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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