営利|えいりeiri[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounmoney-making; commercialized; commercialised
   彼かれは営利えいりのためにこれをした。↗

   He has done this for profit.

• Related商売しょうばいCasualColloquial. Refers to running a trade or an occupation, as in 「商売繁盛」; 「営利」 stresses the aim of making money, as in 「営利目的」.
• Related実業じつぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means industry—production, manufacturing and trade—as in 「実業家」; 「営利」 stresses the profit motive.
• Related商いあきないWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers buying and selling, or sales and turnover; 「営利」 stresses the profit motive.
• Related稼業かぎょうCasualColloquial. A trade one lives by, as in 「探偵稼業」; 「営利」 stresses the aim of making money.
• RelatedビジネスNeutralNeutral loanword for business affairs and commerce, as in 「ビジネスマン」; 「営利」 stresses the profit-making purpose itself.
• Antonym非営利ひえいりNeutralNeutral. Means not aimed at profit, as in 「非営利団体」; it is the direct opposite of 「営利」 on whether profit is the goal.

Use 「営利」 for activities whose purpose is making money, as in 「営利目的」 and 「営利企業」. For running a trade say 「商売」, for business 「ビジネス」, for industry 「実業」; 「非営利」 is the opposite.

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1. 利益りえきを得える目的もくてきで活動かつどうすること。金儲かねもうけ。