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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Pérez in 2019 founded Miami not-for-profit experimental art space El Espacio 23. News Desk, Artforum, 3 Apr. 2025 Storyhouse is a not-for-profit initiative spearheaded by Element Pictures, Screen Ireland and Fremantle. Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025 This not-for-profit rehabilitation and education facility, located on 10 acres in Apopka, uses falconry techniques to evaluate a bird’s chances for survival in the wild after recovering from an injury and to teach young birds to hunt. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2025 New York State, where Mangione is charged, abolished the death penalty in 2007, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, a not-for-profit organization based in D.C. Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025 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 16 Apr. 2025.

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