for-profit

[ fer-prof-it ]

/ fərˈprɒf ɪt /

(of a business or institution) initiated or operated for the purpose of making a profit: for-profit hospitals.

QUIZZES

Here is our second set of teacher-selected PSAT vocabulary words. Do you know the meanings of these terms?

Question 1 of 10

advocate

Will Christian pharmacists, county clerks, florists, and for-profit wedding chapels really withdraw from society, as you describe?
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(2) If a creative professional wants to volunteer to help a for-profit business, that is permissible.
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Mitchell himself has taken a hard line against disclosures of financial information concerning his for-profit companies.
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He calls Kline the champion of for-profit colleges, which have a dropout rate “worse than celebrity rehab.”
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Those numbers are typical of the for-profit education industry.
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