Definition of "profit-maximising" []

• Making the profit as great as possible (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Prison governors warn that expanding the private sector's role in the custodial system will create a profit-maximising culture that favours incarceration and cutbacks to rehabilitation."
• "Its ethical, fair treatment of its customers could power its growth beyond that of its profit-maximising competitors."
• "The fact they did not has to do with the ownership structure of the co-operative model, which is spread among the customers rather than in the hands of profit-maximising private investors."