for-profit
Americanadjective
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For profit or in pursuit of art, many performers and producers have learn to live with the party’s limitations.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2017
For profit is just that; bringing in $$ for the owners and shareholders of the company.
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2015
Said a Southern Buick dealer, who offers a $300 discount on the Special: "For profit and volume, business is the best it's been since the Korean war."
From Time Magazine Archive
No, good my Lord, except the same be just; For profit must with honor be comixt, Or else our actions are but scandalous.
From King Edward III by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
In the words of Piers Plowman: I found these freres, | For profit of hem selve; All the four orders, | Closed the gospel, Preaching the people | As hem good liked.
From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry
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