used todescribeanorganizationorservicethatexiststo make aprofit:Thelawhereallowshospitalsto beoperatedon afor-profitbasis.Comparenonprofitadjective(Definition offor-profitfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffor-profit
for-profitThe industry can be categorized into three fund types - 'retail ' superannuation funds, 'not-for-profit ' superannuation funds and ' self-managed ' superannuation funds.From theCambridge English CorpusThey find that not-for-profitfunds did significantly better thanfor-profitfunds over a seven-year period.From theCambridge English CorpusTwenty-eight homes (48 %) were privatefor-profit, 21 (36 %) were voluntary not-for-profit, and nine (16 %) were local-authority managed.From theCambridge English CorpusCreating new markets - public bodies being required to develop markets for particular services by prompting alternative service providers (for-profitand not-for-profit).From theCambridge English CorpusHe is currently at work on a project comparing the business ethics offor-profitand not-for-profithospitals.From theCambridge English CorpusThe system is to be managed by the municipality, and not only public sectors but alsofor-profitenterprises provide services.From theCambridge English CorpusState licensing, in conjunction with medical education reform, led to the demise of physician-ownedfor-profitmedical schools and their replacement by not-for-profitand state-owned institutions.From theCambridge English CorpusOne disturbing aspect of the present healthcare situation is the lack of opposition to investor-owned,for-profithealthcare corporations.From theCambridge English CorpusSome not-for-profitandfor-profithospitals formed joint ventures with group practices and individual physicians to operate facilities that provided ancillary services.From theCambridge English CorpusThe management and administration of the health insurance is organized into not-for-profit, decentralized insurance companies, so-called "mutualities," and one public sickness fund.From theCambridge English CorpusThe role of the public sector is confined to assessment and the contracting out of service provision to competing non-profit andfor-profithome care providers.From theCambridge English CorpusHowever, even in the absence offor-profitfirms, physicians encounter such conflicts of interest when they engage in private practice because they perform entrepreneurial roles.From theCambridge English CorpusDeveloping and transition countries, on the other hand, could be prevented from establishing universal pension systems or subsidising the growth of the not-for-profitsector.From theCambridge English CorpusPerhaps thefor-profit, proprietary hospitals could make an argument for it.From theCambridge English CorpusThis association represents not-for-profitorganizations providing high-quality healthcare.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/for-profit##
