词汇 | nonprofit |
释义 | nonprofit adjective[ not gradable ] us/nɑnˈprɑf·ɪt/ not established to make a profit: nonprofit organizations nonprofit noun[ C ] us/nɑnˈprɑf·ɪt/ an organization whose most important goal is something that does not involve making a profit: We can help by making donations to nonprofits that serve the homeless. nonprofit | Business Englishnonprofit adjective SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (alsonon-profit)uk /ˌnɒnˈprɒfɪt/us(alsonon-profit-making); (not-for-profit) not aiming to make a profit, but working to help people or to achieve an improvement in something: a nonprofit agency/corporation/organizationIt is now a world-wide non-profit organisation whose mission is to help business become sustainable. a nonprofit program/researchThis is a nonprofit program that encourages disadvantaged students to stay in school. Compare for-profit nonprofit noun[ C ] SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (alsonon-profit)uk /ˌnɒnˈprɒfɪt/us an organization that does not aim to make a profit, but works to help people or to achieve an improvement in something: Donations are tax-deductible because it is a federally approved nonprofit. Compare charity Examples of nonprofitnonprofit Most nonprofit hospitals are similar to for-profits in providing care to under-insured and charity cases, with the bulk of the burden borne by public hospitals. The nonprofits and newly transformed for-profits with oversight would share patents with each other. With such cooperative, public support, the model for nonprofits in the pharmaceutical industry can grow. Although private, they all function in a nonprofit setting since all reimbursement of health care is centrally regulated. The nonprofits would be funded via foundations, taxes, and some modest revenue from the sales of their drugs. Torrents of constituent mail flowed into their offices, and businesses, nonprofits, and civic organizations lobbied for passage of the crime bill. They are either nonprofit or modestly profitable (and in return they will be protected from the upturns and downturns of the competitive marketplace). The primary focus on profit maximization, however, overlooks many nonprofit objectives involved in resource allocation and social preferences beyond greed. Pressure from funders of nonprofit agencies to increase accountability, coupled with increased administrative workload, meant that managers were working well over 40 h/week. The other has taught in liberal arts colleges and worked in a variety of nonprofit healthcare delivery organizations. Nonprofit hospitals are the crux of this ethical question. It was a nonprofit, mixed group and staff model health maintenance organization that owned its facilities and paid its physicians by salary or capitation. Two of the policies (nonprofit and government information subsidies) would lower the information costs of reporters writing about politics and government. Generally, contract for-profit and nonprofit ambulatory care providers were not subject to upper limits on volume levels. Nonprofit experience likely became increasingly useful to people seeking public offices in the states in the late-twentieth century. See all examples of nonprofit These 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. |
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