profit center
noun
: a part of a corporation or its product line that is an important source of profits
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Accenture found that companies that treat customer service as a profit center rather than a cost center experience 3.5 times more revenue growth.
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Nenad Lazarevic, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The post office, established in 1775 with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general, was never intended to be a profit center.
—John M. Crisp, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Bally’s and the city are banking on the permanent casino to significantly boost its standing as a tourist magnet and profit center.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
The yearly fees are a profit center for the company, generating $115 million in income from a year ago, or up 8.4%.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Nenad Lazarevic, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The post office, established in 1775 with Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general, was never intended to be a profit center.
—John M. Crisp, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Bally’s and the city are banking on the permanent casino to significantly boost its standing as a tourist magnet and profit center.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
The yearly fees are a profit center for the company, generating $115 million in income from a year ago, or up 8.4%.
—Kate Gibson, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Profit center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20center. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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