for-profit
Designed for gain
For-profit describes organizations designed to generate money for owners or shareholders, as opposed to nonprofits that reinvest earnings into their mission.
The term often carries skeptical connotations when applied to sectors traditionally associated with public good: for-profit prisons, for-profit colleges, for-profit healthcare.
As a noun, it refers to such an organization: She left the nonprofit world to work at a for-profit.
Legally separate business entity
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- startupNew business enterprise
franchise · firm · LLC · partnership · proprietorship · incorporation · conglomerate · multinational
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- portfolioCollected works or assets
shares · venture capital · angel investor · IPO · brokerage · mutual funds · 401(k) · asset allocation
Business income total
- earningsMoney gained from work
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- yieldProduce or relinquish
return · cashflow · gross · net · turnover · monetization · liquidity · solvency
Private profit-based economy
- capitalistPrivate ownership supporter
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- privatizationState sells public assets
free market · neoliberalism · market economy · shareholder value · wealth creation · trickle-down · supply-side · individualism
Securities trading marketplace
- tradingExchanging for value
- bull marketPeriod of rising prices
- bear marketProlonged securities decline
- NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
commodities · futures · day-trading · market trends · financial advisor · bullish · bearish · volatility
Act of obtaining something
- mergerCorporate combination
- expansionIncrease in scope
- amalgamationUniting into one
- consortiumCooperative group for ventures
diversification · scaling · consolidation · vertical integration · market share · competitive advantage · growth strategy · restructuring
corporation
Legally separate business entity
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- ventureRisky new undertaking
startup · franchise · firm · LLC · partnership · proprietorship · incorporation · conglomerate · multinational · syndicate
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
portfolio · shares · venture capital · angel investor · IPO · brokerage · mutual funds · 401(k) · asset allocation · valuation
revenue
Business income total
yield · return · cashflow · gross · net · turnover · monetization · liquidity · solvency · receivables
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- capitalistPrivate ownership supporter
- laissez-faireNoninterference in commerce
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
privatization · free market · neoliberalism · market economy · shareholder value · wealth creation · trickle-down · supply-side · individualism · competition
stock exchange
Securities trading marketplace
- tradingExchanging for value
- bull marketPeriod of rising prices
- bear marketProlonged securities decline
NASDAQ · commodities · futures · day-trading · market trends · financial advisor · bullish · bearish · volatility · market cap
acquisition
Act of obtaining something
- mergerCorporate combination
- expansionIncrease in scope
- amalgamationUniting into one
consortium · diversification · scaling · consolidation · vertical integration · market share · competitive advantage · growth strategy · restructuring · spinoff
- Commercial Termslicensing, patents, copyright, royalties, trademarks
- organization typescorporate, governmental, private, public, charitable
- business statusactive, inactive, defunct, dormant, operating
for-profitnonprofit
Organization serving public good
non-profit · not-for-profit · charitable · philanthropic · charitable organization
for-profitcooperative
Jointly operated enterprise
mutual · worker-owned · member-owned · social enterprise · state-owned
for-profitnon-commercial
Not for monetary gain
uncommercial · noncommercial · altruistic · subsidized · free
for, profit, profits, profitable, nonprofit, unprofitable, profiteer, profitability, nonprofits