for-profit
adjective
for-prof·it
ˈfȯr-ˈprä-fət 
: established, maintained, or conducted for the purpose of making a profit
for-profit businesses
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Events like these reflect the bookstore’s dual structure: a for-profit side that focuses on book, food and drink sales, and a nonprofit arm, Words As Worlds, which hosts workshops, tea tastings and more.
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Melissa Noel, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
The association was subsequently restructured as a for-profit enterprise, one that is now owned by Variety’s parent company Penske Media in a joint venture with Eldridge.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
Trump's own for-profit college, Trump University, was hit with a lawsuit alleging fraud.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
The Globes’ original organizing body later was dissolved and converted into a for-profit enterprise.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Melissa Noel, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
The association was subsequently restructured as a for-profit enterprise, one that is now owned by Variety’s parent company Penske Media in a joint venture with Eldridge.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Jan. 2025
Trump's own for-profit college, Trump University, was hit with a lawsuit alleging fraud.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
The Globes’ original organizing body later was dissolved and converted into a for-profit enterprise.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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“For-profit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for-profit. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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