COMMERCEused todescribeacompany,product, etc. that makes aprofit:profit-making business/company/ventureShe does notseewhy a profit-makingbusinesscannot also beethical.
profit-maker
noun[C](alsoprofit maker)In the past fiveyears, they haveturnedsteelinto a profit-maker.(Definition ofprofit-makingfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofprofit-making
profit-makingThis intrusion on theprofit-makingprocess was attacked from an ideological point of view by those siding with the creditors.From theCambridge English CorpusThis collectivity may be a social club, a voluntary association, a religious group, a government agency, or aprofit-makingbusiness enterprise.From theCambridge English CorpusThe hospital is aprofit-makingassociation and people are screened very carefully for ability to pay bills.From theCambridge English CorpusCentral banks functioned largely according to private incentives as a result of charters which allowed them to beprofit-makingentities.From theCambridge English CorpusIn all, patronage, tax evasion and smuggling were the sine qua non ofprofit-making.From theCambridge English CorpusIt receives no subsidies, but it is not strictly speaking aprofit-makingventure either.From theCambridge English CorpusAnother key point to come from our findings concerns how non-state home operators perceiveprofit-making.From theCambridge English CorpusThis was largely related to lack of trust inprofit-makingfinancial services companies.From theCambridge English CorpusIndeed, residential care businesses became known for their financial security andprofit-makingpotential.From theCambridge English CorpusThe extension of private services both increases theprofit-makingsector and restrains state spending.From theCambridge English CorpusRunning a residential facility is decidedly more burdensome and less attractive than operatingprofit-makinglivelihood support services for local households.From theCambridge English CorpusThe increased popularity of music in factories was such that it attracted attention from commercial organisations looking for newprofit-makingniches.From theCambridge English CorpusAt the same time, they have reinforced their alliance with the political elites prone to corruption in their jointprofit-makingprojects.From theCambridge English CorpusNevertheless, hospital managers may occasionally decide to invest in money-losing operations that can increase the hospital's visibility and attract "profit-making" patients for other parts of the hospital (2).From theCambridge English CorpusSo if we assume from the outset that only profits have value, it is irrational for preferences overprofit-makingprojects to be nonseparable in sunk costs.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/profit-making##
