Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective not commercially motivated; not profit-making; nonprofit; not for profit.
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- adjective not commercially motivated
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Examples
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When Anderson bought TED in 2001 on behalf of his non-profit-making Sapling Foundation, it was more like an elite supper club for the masters of the universe.
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"We're a non-profit-making organisation with links to the Green party locally," says its chair, Brian Levison.
Pride of Place 2010
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For this purpose the Bank shall, operating on a non-profit-making basis, grant loans and give guarantees which facilitate the financing of the following projects in all sectors of the economy.
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This is a Dutch-registered, tax-exempt, non-profit-making legal entity, which was given the shares of Mr Kamprad in 1982.
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Strictly speaking, only the last of the following formulations is correct: non profit making organization non-profit making organization non profit-making organization non-profit-making organization
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For this purpose the Bank shall, operating on a non-profit-making basis, grant loans and give guarantees which facilitate the financing of the following projects in all sectors of the economy.
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Strictly speaking, only the last of the following formulations is correct: non profit making organization non-profit making organization non profit-making organization non-profit-making organization
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‘The question for me is whether we should abolish non-profit-making schools,’ Sandström says.
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In the first instance though, the purchase must be made by the individual (or someone acting on his behlaf, but in a non-profit-making capacity) in the country of origin.
Sovereignty up in smoke Richard 2006
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Skipton's market will be in full swing on both days, supplemented by an array of stalls and sideshows set up by charities and non-profit-making organisations from in and around Skipton.
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