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 and divides as not--for--pro-fit under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.