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non-profit

/ˌnɒn ˈprɒfɪt/adjective

उच्चारण नॉन प्रॉफ़िट

गैर-लाभकारी, अलाभकारी

Core word

adjective
  1. 1

    [usually before noun]

    (of an organization) not making or intended to make a profit for its owners, but using any money it earns to help people or to support a cause

    गैर-लाभकारी, अलाभकारी

    • Radhika volunteers at a non-profit organization that teaches poor children.
    • a non-profit hospital
    • The non-profit trust runs a free school for street children.
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    • A non-profit group planted ten thousand trees in the city.
    • He works for a non-profit hospital in rural Maharashtra.

    Synonyms not-for-profit charitable voluntary

    Opposite profit-making commercial

noun
  1. 1

    [C] especially North American

    an organization that does not make a profit for its owners

    गैर-लाभकारी संस्था

    • She works for a non-profit that provides clean drinking water to villages.
    • The non-profit runs evening classes for children in the slums.
    • The non-profit relies on donations from the public.
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    • Several non-profits helped after the cyclone.
    • She started a non-profit to teach girls to code.

    Synonyms charity NGO

≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage

British and American: British English usually writes non-profit with a hyphen and also says not-for-profit, while American English often writes nonprofit as one word.

British और American में British English आमतौर पर non-profit को hyphen के साथ लिखती है और not-for-profit भी कहती है, जबकि American English में इसे अक्सर एक शब्द nonprofit लिखा जाता है।