for-profit
Definitions
For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organization that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money.
not-comparable
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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