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non-profit, n. and a.
Brit. |nɒnˈprɒfɪt|, U.S. |nɑnˈprɑfət|
[‹ non- prefix + profit n.]
A. n.
1. An instance of failure to make a profit. rare.
1859De Bow's Rev. Aug. 226 The loss or non-profit of carrying a particular article per se, may be assessed upon some other article or service, which will bear it. 1959N.Y. Times 17 May e12/1 Should employees strike where patient care might suffer? Is a hospital right to ask its workers to share in its non-profits?
2. orig. and chiefly U.S. A non-profit-making organization; spec. a charity. Cf. later not-for-profit n.
1961N.Y. Times 5 Nov. 130/1 Defense Department contracts with educational institutions and the ‘nonprofits’, as the think factories are called in the trade, amount to some $400,000,000 a year. 1963Amer. Econ. Rev. 53 440 If one-half of the expenditure of the AEC [= Atomic Energy Commission] is included, the figure for the universities and other nonprofits rises to about 34 per cent. 1976Forbes (Nexis) 15 Jan. 40 Are free-enterprise operators more efficient than the old nonprofit administrators? And can they show the nonprofits how to cut costs? 1988M. Waterson Regulation of Firm & Nat. Monopoly 46 Bankruptcy is assumed here to be a most unlikely event in non-profits, regulated companies and publicly owned companies. 1993Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 8 Feb. (Business Outlook Suppl.) 30/1 Non-profits must develop more creative ways to establish the necessary financial base of operations.
B. adj. (usu. attrib.).
1. orig. U.S. Of, relating to, or designating an organization, corporation, etc., which does not operate for the purpose of making a profit; non-profit-making. Cf. later not-for-profit adj.
In quot. 1921: designating an organization where the profit made is distributed amongst its members.
1896Southern Rep. 19 522 It is urged, on the part of the defendant, that the nonprofit feature takes them out of the category of business. 1921Amer. Econ. Rev. 11 221 A non-profit association is understood to be one which distributes the net proceeds of its operations to members in proportion to the amount of patronage which each member contributes during a specific time. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 23/5 The only let-up in policy is that non-profit groups get it [sc. a theatre] cheaper than shows booked by impresarios. 1996California City Sports July 19 The L.A. troupe will be officially non-profit, so it can better receive grants and donations to continue its mission of youth outreach.
2. Brit. Of a life assurance policy: not providing for the holder to receive a share of the profits of the company in the way that a with-profits policy does; = without-profit(s) at without prep. 7c.
1930Times 2 Jan. 17/2 Rates of mortality have improved..and those who participate as policyholders in the earnings of the offices share in the benefits, while the rates for non-profit policies have been generally reduced. 1972Accountant 28 Sept. 389/2 The interest rates are high, being 11 per cent for a with-profit policy and 10 per cent for a non-profit policy. 1996Statistician 45 429 A major contribution to the interaction involves non-profit endowment policies. |