profit motive

noun

: the desire to make a profit
making decisions based on the profit motive

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That profit motive incentivizes companies to invest in new research. David J. Kappos, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026 In Kiley's experience, they are also driven by profit motive and companies' preference that people purchase expensive new replacement parts. Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 30 Dec. 2025 Spectropolis is never glib about the transparent profit motive sustaining such rites. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 Does profit motive and potential market share force private markets to behave? Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for profit motive

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“Profit motive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20motive. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.

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