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
Over time, it’s morphed into a profit center for large health systems.
—
Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Another shift that these customer service departments have undergone is going from a pure cost center into a profit center.
—Nenad Lazarevic, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Accenture found that companies that treat customer service as a profit center rather than a cost center experience 3.5 times more revenue growth.
—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
See All Example Sentences for profit center
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Another shift that these customer service departments have undergone is going from a pure cost center into a profit center.
—Nenad Lazarevic, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Accenture found that companies that treat customer service as a profit center rather than a cost center experience 3.5 times more revenue growth.
—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
See All Example Sentences for profit center
Cite this Entry
“Profit center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profit%20center. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share