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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The barbecue was sponsored by the trustee’s office and paid for through its not-for-profit Wicker Park Memorial Fund, Special Events Director Kelly Bridges said. Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025 Suzanne told us there is a not-for-profit Facebook group called DMV Beneficials that enables members to group together to purchase biocontrols (there’s also a local chapter, San Diego Beneficials). Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025 Both are owned by Baptist Health South Florida, the region’s largest not-for-profit healthcare system. Miami Herald, 3 July 2025 Between 1990 and 2000, the number of international NGOs—not-for-profit groups that are largely independent from government and work in multiple countries in pursuit of the public good—increased by 42 percent. Sarah Bush, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 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 20 Jul. 2025.

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