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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
non-profit
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
group
▪ The non-profit group is devoted to teaching the style, opening their doors wide to all comers.
▪ Private land trusts, not to be confused with state trust land, are non-profit groups dedicated to preserving open space.
▪ Enter Arizona Greyhound Rescue, a non-profit group dedicated to finding homes for the retired racers.
making
▪ Founded in 1878, it is an independent non-profit making company, operating under Royal Charter, and a registered educational charity.
▪ The same logic is true for non-profit making organisations like government agencies or local government authorities.
organization
▪ The new foundation is registered with the state as a tax-exempt religious corporation instead of a non-profit organization for public benefit.
organizations
▪ On the other hand, cash flow accounting is practised in many public sector and non-profit organizations.
▪ If churches get an exemption, he said, other non-profit organizations will seek one.
▪ In non-profit organizations, particularly in Type B, the stewardship accounts provide much more limited measures of performance.
▪ Before she became a lawyer, Camp worked for non-profit organizations, where she felt she was helping others.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It will operate them on a non-profit basis.
▪ Netscape Navigator is free to students, colleges and non-profit agencies.
▪ Private land trusts, not to be confused with state trust land, are non-profit groups dedicated to preserving open space.
▪ Private money is less important, but still significant for some areas of voluntary non-profit social service.
▪ The Center for International Exhibitions would have non-profit Kunsthalles without permanent collections in those cities.
▪ The same logic is true for non-profit making organisations like government agencies or local government authorities.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
non-profit

also nonprofit, 1922, from non- + profit (n.).

Wiktionary
non-profit

a. (alternative form of nonprofit English) n. (alternative form of nonprofit English)

Usage examples of "non-profit".

A non-profit organization, dependent upon the public for its tremendous income, the Galaxian Society had always courted that public in every possible ethical way.

But the College Board (a non-profit organization set up to administer the SAT) insists that all questions are previewed by a representative sample of test takers, and any questions that show disparities in race are thrown out.

So before she left on the expedition, she applied for a dozenodd basic patents and placed it all in a corporate trust-not a non-profit corporation, mind you-then assigned control and interim income to the Science Foundation.

So before she left on the expedition, she applied for a dozen odd basic patents and placed it all in a corporate trust-not a non-profit corporation, mind you-then assigned control and interim income to the Science Foundation.

Kooralbyn International School, built in 1985, is an unusual concept, an independent, non-government, non-profit, privately owned school run by a board of governors.

The Farm's a non-profit organization, which gives us a break on taxes and, of course, new automatics that come in usually have trust funds attached.