"for-profit" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: for + profit; see earlier not-for-profit, non-profit. Etymology templates: {{m|en|for}} for, {{m|en|profit}} profit, {{m|en|not-for-profit}} not-for-profit, {{m|en|non-profit}} non-profit Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} for-profit (not comparable)
  1. (of an organization) For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organisation that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: commercial, profitable, profitmaking, profitseeking Translations (for the purpose of making money): 營利 (Chinese Mandarin), 营利 (yínglì) (Chinese Mandarin), gewinnorientiert (German), nyereségérdekelt (Hungarian), nyereségorientált (Hungarian), forprofit (Hungarian), komercyjny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-for-profit-en-adj-53TrPqna Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forprofit

Noun [English]

Forms: for-profits [plural]
Etymology: for + profit; see earlier not-for-profit, non-profit. Etymology templates: {{m|en|for}} for, {{m|en|profit}} profit, {{m|en|not-for-profit}} not-for-profit, {{m|en|non-profit}} non-profit Head templates: {{en-noun}} for-profit (plural for-profits)
  1. An organization whose goal is to make a profit.
    Sense id: en-for-profit-en-noun-Q73s4q0C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forprofit

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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