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not for profit

[not-fer-prof-it] / ˈnɒt fərˈprɒf ɪt /
ADJECTIVE
not commercially motivated
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And a consumer-confidence gauge, from the not-for-profit research group Signal49, suggested that 50% of Canadians believe inflation will be above 3% over the next three years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California and Hawaii walked off the job early Monday in the latest work stoppage to roil the nation’s largest not-for-profit medical provider.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

A ban on bus services being run as a not-for-profit service for vulnerable passengers has been lifted by the Labour government.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

Finra, the private, not-for-profit organization that oversees its member brokerage firms, offers the free BrokerCheck tool, which has a user-friendly interface that provides an overview of an adviser’s professional background.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

They’d form a not-for-profit legal entity whose sole purpose was to sue Moody’s and S&P, and donate the proceeds to investors who lost money investing in triple-A-rated securities.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis