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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOR-

For- (. Etym: [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver-, OHG. fir-, Icel. for-, Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. para- away, Gr. far, adj. Cf. Fret to rub. ]

Defn: A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe.

New American Oxford Dictionary

for-

for- ▶prefix 1 denoting prohibition: forbid. 2 denoting abstention, neglect, or renunciation: forgive | forget | forgo. 3 denoting extremity of negative state expressed: forlorn | forsake. ORIGIN Old English.

for-profit

for-prof it ▶adjective [ attrib. ] denoting an organization that operates to make a profit, esp. one (such as a hospital or school ) that would more typically be nonprofit.

Oxford Dictionary

for-

for- |fɔː unstressed fə | ▶prefix 1 denoting prohibition: forbid. 2 denoting abstention, neglect, or renunciation: forgive | forget | forgo. 3 used as an intensifier: forlorn. ORIGIN Old English.

for-profit

for-profit ▶adjective denoting an organization operated to make a profit.