for-profit

adjective

for-prof·​it ˈfȯr-ˈprä-fət 

: established, maintained, or conducted for the purpose of making a profit

for-profit businesses

Examples of for-profit in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

About 200 of those flights are handled by Mercy Air, a for-profit service that flies patients and bills their insurers for the costs. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Unlike Google, Discovery Loop is structured as a public benefit corporation, a for-profit entity intended to focus on public good. — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026

The goal is to focus on gaps in the capital markets—problems without a for-profit solution yet—and there hasn’t been enough investment in helping people deal with traumatic brain injuries or strokes. — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

At least not after hearing about the FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s proposal to spin off FIFA’s commercial rights into a for-profit company and then sell a twenty-per-cent stake in the new entity to private investors. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for for-profit

• nonprofit
• profit
• prophet
• soffit

Kids Definition

for-profit

adjective

for-prof·​it

ˈfȯr-ˈpräf-ət

: existing or carried on for the purpose of making a profit

for-profit business