- profit-making
- ADJ: usu ADJ nA profit-making business or organization makes a profit.→ See also non-profit-making
He wants to set up a profit-making company, owned mostly by the university.
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profit-making — / prɒfɪt ˌmeɪkɪŋ/ adjective which makes a profit ● The whole project was expected to be profit making by 2001 but it still hasn’t broken even. ● It is hoped to make it into a profit making concern … Dictionary of banking and finance
profit-making — UK / US adjective a profit making event, business, or organization makes or is intended to make a profit … English dictionary
ˈprofit-ˌmaking — adj a profit making organization exists in order to make a profit … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
non-profit-making — adj. (of an enterprise) not conducted primarily to make a profit. * * * adjective not commercially motivated • Syn: ↑nonprofit • Similar to: ↑noncommercial * * * non profit making variant UK US Main entry: non profit … Useful english dictionary
