| 单词 | nonprofit |
| 释义 | nonprofit (once / 1890 pages) adjn A business or organization is nonprofit if its main purpose isn't making money for its owners. Nonprofit companies usually raise money for charities. You can use the word nonprofit as an adjective or a noun — a nonprofit is an organization that benefits some public good, rather than raising revenue for stockholders or owners. There are educational nonprofits, religious nonprofits, public health nonprofits, and many others. The word's been around since the 1920s, combining non, or "not," with profit, from the Latin root profectus, "advance, increase, success, or progress." WORD FAMILYnonprofit: nonprofits+/profit: nonprofit, profitable, profited, profiteer, profiting, profitless, profits, profitting/profitable: profitability, profitableness, profitabler, profitablest, profitably, unprofitable/profiteer: profiteered, profiteering, profiteers/profitless: profitlessly/unprofitable: unprofitability, unprofitableness, unprofitably USAGE EXAMPLESThe nonprofit is still in the planning stages. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) It's why he's now dedicated to a healthier, more active lifestyle and volunteering for OneLegacy — a nonprofit organ and tissue recovery organization. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) He continues to search for jobs in the nonprofit sector. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj not commercially motivated Syn non-profit-making noncommercial not connected with or engaged in commercial enterprises 2n an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities Syn|Hyper nonprofit organization, not-for-profit organisation, organization the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。