noncommercial

Without profit motive

Noncommercial describes activities, organizations, or content not intended to generate profit.

A noncommercial radio station operates without advertising revenue.

Noncommercial use of copyrighted material often receives different legal treatment than commercial use.

The term appears frequently in licensing agreements: This software is free for noncommercial purposes.

personal

hobby

Recreational leisure activity

  • amateurNonprofessional participant
  • DIYAmateur home projects
  • handmadeCreated manually, not mechanically

homemade · self-taught · unpaid · homebrew · crafting · leisure · pastime · recreation · blogging · vlogging

charitable

nonprofit

Organization serving public good

foundation · philanthropic · humanitarian · welfare · relief · aid · endowment · benefaction · patronage · fundraising

public

civic

Pertaining to community affairs

infrastructure · parks · conservation · environmental · commons · shared · collective · cooperative · grassroots · activism

educational

academic

Relating to education or theory

college · research · pedagogy · curriculum · public-school · teaching · learning · knowledge · enlightenment · library

Categories
Opposites
profit motive

noncommercialcommercial

Paid broadcast promotion

for-profit · mercenary · money-making · lucrative · moneymaking

market orientation

noncommercialcommercial

Paid broadcast promotion

mercantile · retail · industrial · marketable · commercialized

Family

commerce, commercial, commercialize, commercially, commercialism, commodify, commodification

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