not-for-profit

adjective

not-for-prof·​it ˈnät-fər-ˈprä-fət How to pronounce not-for-profit (audio)

Examples of not-for-profit in a Sentence

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BIDs are not-for-profit companies funded by those who live and work in them via a levy based on the rateable value of their properties. Roger Trapp, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 Arnold was a founding member of Free Will Players, not-for-profit, professional theater company that produces the Freewill Shakespeare Festival each summer in Edmonton. Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024 According to the Or Foundation, a not-for-profit trying to reduce textile waste featured in the film, more than 15 million unwanted clothes are sent to Ghana—one of the world’s largest importers of used clothes—every week from around the world. Esha Chhabra, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024 Martha Paschke, Aurora’s innovation and strategy officer, said this year the city wanted to follow what has been best practices nationwide to have the city collaborate with a not-for-profit that would not be in a public building. Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for not-for-profit 

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of not-for-profit was in 1919

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“Not-for-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not-for-profit. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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