From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnon-profitˌnon-ˈprofit (also non-profitmaking British English, not-for-profit especially American English) adjective BPROFITa non-profit organization uses the money it earns to help people instead of making a profit a non-profit educational institution
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non-profit• Netscape Navigator is free to students, colleges and non-profit agencies.• It will operate them on a non-profit basis.• Private land trusts, not to be confused with state trust land, are non-profit groups dedicated to preserving open space.• The Center for International Exhibitions would have non-profit Kunsthalles without permanent collections in those cities.• The same logic is true for non-profit making organisations like government agencies or local government authorities.• Private money is less important, but still significant for some areas of voluntary non-profit social service.From Longman Business Dictionarynon-profitˌnon-ˈprofit (also non profit-making British English) adjective [only before a noun]FINANCE a non-profit organization is one with aims that are not related to business or making a profit. These organizations usually work in education, health etcSYNnot-for-profit AmEa non-profit low-income-housing organization —nonprofit noun [countable usually plural]grants for Asian nonprofits