for profit
Seeking financial gain
For profit describes organizations or activities designed to generate money for owners or shareholders, as opposed to nonprofit entities that reinvest surplus into their mission: a for-profit college, for-profit healthcare.
The term often carries skeptical undertones, implying that financial motives may compromise other values: Critics argue for-profit prisons create perverse incentives.
Also written for-profit.
- corporationLegally separate business entity
- commerceExchange of goods, services
- making moneyGaining wealth through work
- revenue streamsChannels generating business income
- cash flowMoney entering and exiting
sole proprietorship · trade · taxation · startup · going public · joint venture · market valuation · business model · partnership · entrepreneurship · dividends · return on investment · retailing · cost-benefit analysis · fiduciary duty · investment · venture capital · franchise
for profitnonprofit
Organization serving public good
not-for-profit · non-profit · charitable · philanthropic · pro bono
for profitcooperative
Jointly operated enterprise
mutual · member-owned · state-owned · communal · employee-owned
for profitaltruistic
Concerned for others' welfare
charitable · benevolent · humanitarian · selfless · volunteer
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