profit centre
noun[C]
(USprofit center)ukusACCOUNTING
apartof acompanythat istreatedas aseparatebusinessand that isexpectedto make aprofit:
The company'sbiggestprofitcentreremainsitstenantedpubs.
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cost centre
Examplesofprofit centre
profit centre
In effect, the pension fund has become aprofitcentre.
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Initially the new company had three discrete divisions, each operating as aprofitcentre, with a separate balance sheet presented to the newly formed management board.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each so-calledprofitcentrenaturally seeks to make its own economies without knowing the human knock-on effects.
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The local manager will be responsible for aprofitcentreand will work to an agreed target.
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Each hospital is aprofitcentreon its own basis.
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Each shop operates as an independentprofitcentreseeking to optimise its performance.
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The warehouse is not itself aprofitcentre, so is the local authority in whose area it is situated to be denied any revenue?
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If the strip division is sold as separate plants, each plant will become aprofitcentre.
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The nursery seemed to be a realprofitcentre.
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Rather, they are producing money through the "profitcentre" of the foreign exchange market.
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