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

The city of Leavenworth’s efforts to block CoreCivic from reopening its jail facility as an immigrant detention center without a permit are an attempt to supersede federal laws and block President Donald Trump’s policy agenda, the for-profit prison chain argued in Kansas state court Wednesday. —Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025

Two nearby for-profit grocery stores are doing just fine — and have products on the shelves. —Editorial, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025

It's meant to act as a for-profit incubator and to attract investment from venture capitalists in discoveries that can be moved quickly to market, Leone said. —Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025

Proximity is the for-profit textile manufacturing subsidiary of the White Oak Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit organization with the mission to preserve the city’s history and heritage of denim and jean manufacturing. —Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Aug. 2025

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