for-profit for-ˈprofit adjective [only before a noun]
• The I.R.S. began to question the tax exempt status of some American not for profit hospitals.
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for-profit UK US adjective [before noun]
► used to describe an organization or service that exists to make a profit: »
The law here allows hospitals to be operated on a for-profit basis.
Financial and business terms. 2012.