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Meanings of profit-making in English

Profitable.

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        Usage of profit-making in English
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        We wanted it to be a free night, not a profit-making thing.
        The Irish Times
        2
        However, for advocates of free childcare, the existence of profit-making enterprises is problematic.
        The Guardian
        3
        Most observers conclude that it ought to close since it is not profit-making.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The department of divestment had proposed 10 percent divestment in profit-making CIL subsidiaries.
        Reuters
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        All our system revolves around that central sun of profit-making, Jonathan.
        The Common Sense of Socialism / A Series of Letters Addressed to...
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        It appears that private, profit-making nursing homes have greater difficulty in providing quality care.
        The Irish Times
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        It is also the principal subsidiary of a profit-making company called the Apollo Group.
        The new yorker
        8
        As part of the plan SAS aims to sell its profit-making Norwegian operation Wideroe.
        Reuters
        9
        Under section 108, a library in a profit-making organization would not be authorized to:
        Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians
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        But when this cash didn't go into profit-making ventures, Florida's financial regulators stepped in.
        The Irish Times
        11
        Some high-profile and profit-making deals led by Meng for D.E.
        Reuters
        12
        Many other stock exchanges around the world are profit-making bodies.
        Reuters
        13
        Eastern men were forming profit-making corporations to colonize western land.
        Land of the Burnt Thigh
        14
        AA: Fiona, what is your biggest fear about profit-making companies coming into British state education?
        The Guardian
        15
        In 1833 the company was forbidden to engage in trade, and the profit-making motive disappeared.
        The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
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        And, the LRC argued, compensation should not be a profit-making exercise that depletes scarce state resources.
        The South African
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