"for-profit" meaning in English

See for-profit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: for + profit; see earlier not-for-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 organization 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-hpRoptdH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 89 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forprofit

Noun

Forms: for-profits [plural]
Etymology: for + profit; see earlier not-for-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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