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 organization was founded in 1967 as a not-for-profit trade organization for professional and developing songwriters. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025 Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer, and CEO and Founder of Freedom Reads, a not-for-profit organization that is radically transforming the access to literature in prisons through the installation of Freedom Libraries in prisons across this country. Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 That was a topic discussed just a few days before the state visit at an event organised by the Purposeful Company, a not-for-profit organisation established to press for a sense of purpose to be restored to economic activity and policy in Britain. Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 The operator also partners with not-for-profit Daughters of the Deep, which supports young Niuean women considering a career in marine conservation and the dive industry. Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 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 4 Oct. 2025.

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