NONPROFIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonprofit mean? 

• NONPROFIT (noun)
  The noun NONPROFIT has 1 sense:

1. an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities

  Familiarity information: NONPROFIT used as a noun is very rare.

• NONPROFIT (adjective)
  The adjective NONPROFIT has 1 sense:

1. not commercially motivated

  Familiarity information: NONPROFIT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONPROFIT (noun)

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Meaning:

An organization chartered for other than profit-making activities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

nonprofit; nonprofit organization; not-for-profit

Hypernyms ("nonprofit" is a kind of...):

organisation; organization (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business)

• NONPROFIT (adjective)

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Meaning:

Not commercially motivated

Synonyms:

non-profit-making; nonprofit

Similar:

noncommercial (not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises)

 Context examples 

The research was conducted in partnership with the International Council on Clean Transportation, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, and Environmental Health Analytics LLC.

(Diesel Pollutes More Than Lab Tests Detect, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Certain government programs and nonprofit organizations can help.

(Financial Assistance, NIH)

Nonprofits generally do not operate to generate profit, and this characteristic is popularly considered to be the defining characterisitic of such organizations.

(Nonprofit Organization, NCI Thesaurus)

A global nonprofit bioscience organization (located at 10801 University Boulevard, Manassas, VA 20110-2209 703-365-2700) that provides biological products, technical services, and educational programs to private industry, government, and academic organizations around the world.

(ATCC, NCI Thesaurus)

A nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy.

(American Diabetes Association, NCI Thesaurus)

Winds and converging ocean currents funnel the garbage into a central location, said the study's lead author, Laurent Lebreton of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation, a nonprofit organization that spearheaded the research.

(Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Growing Rapidly, Study Finds, VOA)

The Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education is a nonprofit organization based in Vancouver, Washington, founded to improve the quality of live of lung cancer patients through raising awareness of issues concerning lung cancer diagnosis and treatment; psychosocial support; and providing education.

(Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy Support and Education, NCI Thesaurus)

An associate's degree awarded upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years with a focus on business, including the processes of interchanging goods and services (buying, selling and producing), business organization, and accounting as used in profit-making and nonprofit public and private institutions and agencies.

(Associate of Business Administration, NCI Thesaurus)