profitmaking
Generating financial gain
Profitmaking describes activities or organizations that generate financial gain rather than operating for charitable or public purposes: a profitmaking enterprise, profitmaking ventures.
The term often appears in contrast to nonprofit: The hospital converted from nonprofit to profitmaking status.
Also written as two words or hyphenated: profit-making, profit making.
Commercial undertaking or initiative
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- firmSolid or resolute
start-up · franchise · corporation · partnership · proprietorship · conglomerate · multinational · subsidiary
Business income total
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- earningsMoney gained from work
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- returnsProfits from investments
yield · proceeds · cash flow · turnover · gross · net · receipts · margins
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
mutual funds · index fund · shareholder · dividends · asset · brokerage · trading · commodities
Yielding substantial profit
- gainfulProducing monetary benefit
- remunerativeYielding financial gain
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
- affluenceAbundance of money
enrichment · solvent · thriving · flourishing · successful · booming · growth · expansion
Commerce without state intervention
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- privatizationState sells public assets
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
supply and demand · market economy · laissez-faire · shareholder value · industrialization · consumerism · Wall Street · stock exchange
enterprise
Commercial undertaking or initiative
- ventureRisky new undertaking
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
firm · start-up · franchise · corporation · partnership · proprietorship · conglomerate · multinational · subsidiary · holding
revenue
Business income total
returns · yield · proceeds · cash flow · turnover · gross · net · receipts · margins · bottom line
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
equities · mutual funds · index fund · shareholder · dividends · asset · brokerage · trading · commodities · bull market
lucrative
Yielding substantial profit
- gainfulProducing monetary benefit
- remunerativeYielding financial gain
- wealthAbundance of valuable resources
affluence · enrichment · solvent · thriving · flourishing · successful · booming · growth · expansion · fortune
free market
Commerce without state intervention
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- privatizationState sells public assets
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
competition · supply and demand · market economy · laissez-faire · shareholder value · industrialization · consumerism · Wall Street · stock exchange · venture capital
profitmakingloss-making
Failing to profit
unprofitable · loss · deficit · in the red · draining
profitmakingnonprofit
Organization serving public good
not-for-profit · charitable · philanthropic · noncommercial · social enterprise
making, profit, profits, profitable, nonprofit, unprofitable, profiting, profited, profiteer