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Commercial (vs not for profit)

The word "commercial" basically denotes the purpose of an organization. It means that its reason for existence is to make money (like Method Man says: "cash rules everything around me").

The main distinction is with not-for-profit organizations, which, as the name suggests, have goals other than making money.

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