not-for-profit

1. 1.

   an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities

   Synonymsnonprofit organizationnonprofit

   Broaderorganization

Questions about not-for-profit

What does not-for-profit mean?

not-for-profit means "an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities".

How many syllables are in not-for-profit?

not-for-profit has 4 syllables: not--for--pro-fit. The stress falls on "for-".

What is another word for not-for-profit?

Close synonyms include nonprofit organization, nonprofit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.