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profit-making

ADJECTIVE

commercial

Synonyms

STRONGEST

economic financial monetary profitable wholesale

STRONG

commissary exchange market merchandising retail retailing sales supplying trade trading

WEAK

across the counter bartering fiscal for sale in demand in the market marketable mercantile pecuniary popular saleable wholesaling

Antonyms

WEAK

noncommercial not-for-profit

ADJECTIVE

economic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

budgetary commercial fiscal industrial monetary

WEAK

bread-and-butter material mercantile money-making pecuniary productive profitable remunerative solvent viable

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Elon Musk faced fiery questioning Wednesday in his court showdown with OpenAI, as he insisted that the maker of ChatGPT had fooled him by turning what was an altruistic pursuit into a profit-making juggernaut.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

All of these nonprofits generally pay no taxes unless they engage in profit-making activities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

It all came down to profit-making moves and advertising.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2025

Ironically, OpenAI had been specifically structured to allow the board to act as it it did — despite the company’s profit-making potential, the board was supposed to ensure that the public interest came first.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

Probably no group of men have ever undertaken to cleanse a city of profit-making vice without being made to suffer for it.

From The Social Principles of Jesus by Rauschenbusch, Walter

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