not-for-profit

[not-fer-prof-it]

adjective

1. nonprofit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of not-for-profit¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Funded by the major high street banks and created by not-for-profit organisation Cash Access UK, they are run by local Post Office managers.

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Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California and Hawaii walked off the job early Tuesday as they urged the nation’s largest not-for-profit medical provider to increase salaries and address staffing shortages.

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She is the founder of SheRACES - a not-for-profit organisation trying to improve the race experience for women.

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The not-for-profit organisation said the intention was to increase the efficiency of "back office" and management positions.

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A 314-page document prepared by Sports Resolutions - an independent and not-for-profit dispute resolution service - provided detail of the case.

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