- for-profit
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for-profit — for ˈprofit adjective [only before a noun] ECONOMICS COMMERCE a for profit organization is one which aims to make a profit: • The I.R.S. began to question the tax exempt status of some American not for profit hospitals. * * * for profit UK US… … Financial and business terms
for-profit — adjective BUSINESS a for profit organization aims to make a profit … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
for-profit — adjective Date: 1972 established, maintained, or conducted for the purpose of making a profit < for profit businesses > … New Collegiate Dictionary
for-profit — /feuhr prof it/, adj. (of a business or institution) initiated or operated for the purpose of making a profit: for profit hospitals. * * * … Universalium
for-profit — /feuhr prof it/, adj. (of a business or institution) initiated or operated for the purpose of making a profit: for profit hospitals … Useful english dictionary
For-profit education — (also known as the education services industry or proprietary education) refers to educational institutions operated by private, profit seeking businesses. There are two major types of for profit schools. One type is known as an educational… … Wikipedia
For-profit school — For profit schools are educational institutions that are run by private, profit seeking companies or organizations, selling education to those who want to buy it. [ [http://www.allonlineschools.com/online education resource center/online degrees… … Wikipedia
For-profit hospital — For profit hospitals, or alternatively investor owned hospitals, are investor owned chains of hospitals which have been established particularly in the United States during the late twentieth century. In contrast to the traditional and more… … Wikipedia
For-profit corporation — A for profit corporation is a corporation that is intended to operate a business which will return a profit to the owners. A for profit corporation, depending on the jurisdiction to which it is incorporated, may be operated either as a stock… … Wikipedia
for-profit — 1. adjective For the purpose of making money. 2. noun An organization whose goal is to make a profit … Wiktionary
