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- adjective of a company, or organization not meant to make a profit
- noun A company or organization that is not meant to make a profit.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities
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Examples
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Wrong; they include charities, trade unions, trade associations and a whole array of organizations that fall within the rubric of not-for-profit organizations because, among other things, they don't issue stock shares or distribute their surplus funds to owners and shareholders, but instead use their funds to help achieve their social goals.
Joel Cohen: Challenging Not-for-Profit Executive Compensation Joel Cohen 2011
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What I find ironic is that even though this not-for-profit option would fulfill all the requirements and needs of people that are uninsured, it's still not good enough for the Liberal Left because it's not government run (never mind that the government doesn't have a great record of efficient operations).
Republican senator hears health-care concerns back home 2009
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GMHC is a not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based organization committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS.
Sean Cahill: The Long and Winding Road: Growing Older with HIV Sean Cahill 2011
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GMHC is a not-for-profit, volunteer-supported and community-based organization committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS.
Sean Cahill: The Long and Winding Road: Growing Older with HIV Sean Cahill 2011
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In March 2009, Wheeler was hired as a part-time consultant for The MITRE Corp., a not-for-profit organization that provides systems engineering, research and development and information technology support to the government.
Video footage shows Wheeler wandering hours before his death 2011
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The way to go is private not-for-profit healthcare.
Democratic senator: Public health insurance option dead 2009
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The compromise agreement being negotiated by Grassley and the other Finance Committee members has dropped the public option, proposing instead the creation of not-for-profit health insurance collectives that could negotiate collective coverage for members.
Obama aiming to seize control of health care debate, aides say 2009
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The AP, a not-for-profit news cooperative, does not pay for interviews.
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The only way to keep the insurance industry honest is to offer not-for-profit competition.
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Such skills are also vital to our public and not-for-profit sectors, to small and medium-sized enterprises, to society as a whole and to the individual outside work.
Letters: 'Corporate skills' have an important role in wider society 2011
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