profit center

noun

: a part of a corporation or its product line that is an important source of profits

Examples of profit center in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Charge separately for judgment, and personalization becomes a profit center, not a cost. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Navatek was not a profit center but a vehicle for Loui’s passion projects, like an experimental catamaran for navigating Hawaii’s choppy waters. — William Turton, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2026

When content goes from profit center to cost center, most media companies will struggle to adjust. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Running in-house management at this scale is not, by itself, a profit center. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 25 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for profit center

• epicenter
• multicenter
• centre
• enter
• renter
• stentor
• dissenter
• frequenter
• indenter
• inventor
• precentor
• preventer