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not-for-prof|it
not-for-prof|it «NOT fuhr PROF iht», adjective.
U.S. not organized to make profit; nonprofit: »

The New York Landmarks Conservancy [is] a not-for-profit organization that preserves and reuses buildings of architectural and/or historical significance (New Yorker).


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