nonprofit

nonprofit adjective: not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain). Also the ellipsis of nonprofit organization.

Adjective

nonprofit (not comparable)

Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).
- Here in New York, plush rehabilitation centers literally canvass for big-paying clients whose insurance will cover the average $11,000 to $14,000 cost for a month's treatment. Meanwhile, there are only 12,000 non-profit treatment beds in the state for a conservatively estimated 350,000 addicts.1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5
- Gathering the application and my records , and summoning up as much courage as I could , I set out to complete the IRS application for a private, nonprofit agency.1999, Katherine Martin, Women of Courage, Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Lived Them, page 118
Synonyms:

not-for-profit, non-profit-making

Antonyms:

for-profit

Also used as

nonprofit is also the ellipsis of nonprofit organization.

nonprofit meaning in Arabic, Indonesian, Persian and Vietnamese

nonprofit in Arabic

not seeking to produce a profit: غَيْرُ رِبْحِيّ ḡayru ribḥīyy, غَيْرُ هَادِفٍ لِلرِّبْحِ ḡayru hādifin li-r-ribḥi

nonprofit in Indonesian

not seeking to produce a profit: nirlaba

nonprofit in Persian

not seeking to produce a profit: غیرانتفاعی ġeyre-entefâ'i

nonprofit in Vietnamese

not seeking to produce a profit: phi lợi nhuận, bất vụ lợi
non-profit organization — see also NPO: tổ chức phi lợi nhuận, tổ chức bất vụ lợi

Examples of nonprofit in a sentence

Plaintiff OCA is a nonprofit, membership-based organization with over 35 chapters and affiliates across the United States.
There are long waiting lists, too, for group residences, dormitorylike homes run by nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
The practice of scraping the internet is longstanding and was largely disclosed by the companies and nonprofit organizations that did it.

All 18 example sentences with nonprofit

Synonyms of nonprofit

Antonyms

for-profit

Forms of nonprofit

Adjective
alternative form	non-profit
Noun
plural	nonprofits

Origin of nonprofit

From non- + profit.

Words formed from nonprofit

nonprofitization

Questions about nonprofit

What does nonprofit mean?: Nonprofit means not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain).
What is nonprofit in Arabic?: Nonprofit in Arabic is غَيْرُ رِبْحِيّ (ḡayru ribḥīyy), غَيْرُ هَادِفٍ لِلرِّبْحِ (ḡayru hādifin li-r-ribḥi). See Nonprofit meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is nonprofit?: Nonprofit is an adjective.

Words near nonprofit in the dictionary

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