non-profit
/ˌnɒn ˈprɒfɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌnɑːn ˈprɑːfɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌnɒnˈprɒf.ɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌnɑːnˈprɑː.fɪt/ (ame, ipa)
non-profit — adjective
1. used to describe an organization, business, or activity that uses any income for
used to describe an organization, business, or activity that uses any income for social, educational, or charitable purposes instead of paying profits to owners or shareholders
The animal shelter is a non-profit organization that depends on public donations.
attributive use: non-profit + noun
Mayumi's foundation gives out non-profit loans to small farmers in rural Kenya.
non-profit as adjective before loan
The hospital was originally founded as a non-profit clinic serving low-income families.
Many non-profit schools offer scholarships to students from poor backgrounds.
Beatrix volunteers every weekend at a local non-profit theater group.
- not-for-profit
identical meaning, used especially in legal contexts in the US
- charitable
narrower — specifically about helping people in need, while non-profit can also cover educational, cultural, or advocacy work
- for-profit
describes a business that distributes profits to owners or shareholders
文法句型
non-profit + noun
be + non-profit
用法筆記
Attributive position (before a noun) is most common, as in 'non-profit organization'. Can also be used predicatively: 'The clinic is non-profit.'
常見錯誤
non-profit — noun
1. a company, charity, or group that uses all the money it earns to support its soc
a company, charity, or group that uses all the money it earns to support its social, educational, or charitable work, rather than paying profits to owners or shareholders
The Red Cross is one of the largest non-profits in the world.
proper noun as non-profit example
Diya started a non-profit that teaches coding skills to teenagers in rural areas.
Several local non-profits worked together to clean up the polluted river.
The non-profit raised enough money to build twenty new wells in the village.
Sofia donates five percent of her salary to a non-profit every month.
- charity
narrower — usually implies direct relief of poverty or suffering; all charities are non-profits, but not all non-profits are charities
- foundation
a non-profit that typically holds a large fund and gives grants to other organizations
- NGO
non-governmental organization; often used for non-profits that work internationally or in advocacy
- for-profit business
a company that exists to generate profit for its owners or shareholders
文法句型
a/the + non-profit
non-profit + verb
用法筆記
Often used in the shortened form 'non-profit' as a countable noun. The full form 'non-profit organization' is common in formal writing. 'NPO' is a less frequent abbreviation.