One promising opportunity for healthcare nonprofits is in the area of fund development. Many nonprofit hospitals and healthcare facilities have focused their fundraising efforts on planning and constructing buildings.
Most consumers know what they're getting if they request a king-sized bed at a hotel or a grande latte at Starbucks. But that's not so in the world of car rentals. At Avis, a Chevrolet Cruze is deemed intermediate or mid-sized, although the manufacturer calls it a compact. A Nissan Versa rented from Hertz is considered a compact, but its maker says it falls in the subcompact category.
A compact is a signed written agreement that binds you to do what you've promised. It also refers to something small or closely grouped together, like the row of compact rental cars you see when you wanted a van. As a verb, compact means to compress or squeeze together, like how the garbage truck compacts your bags of trash. Compact, the adjective, describes something that is tightly packed together, like your luggage that is so compact it fits in the overhead compartment. Compact can also describe a brief summary, like a compact explanation of how the universe began that lasted only 10 minutes! Full Definitions of compact.