for-profit
adjectiveUK /fəˈprɒfɪt/
US /fərˈprɑːfɪt/
A for-profit business is one that tries to make money.
She works at a for-profit company that sells toys.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A for-profit organization is run to earn money for its owners.
The hospital is a for-profit organization, not a charity.
3. Used to describe schools or services that charge money and aim to make a gain.
He attended a for-profit college to learn coding.
4. Anything set up mainly to make a profit rather than to help people for free.
They turned their hobby into a for-profit business.