cost centre

British  

noun

1. a unit, such as a department of a company, to which costs may be allocated for cost accounting purposes

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Example Sentences

Often viewed as a cost centre to cull, the emphasis on staff as a stakeholder to shield, is a departure for Wall Street and may well be a temporary feature of the coronavirus pandemic.

From Reuters • May 15, 2020

Every show is a different business, every show is a cost centre and is run on a budget.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013

The trading floor's vocabulary may help answer that by bringing out a bank's internal hierarchy, where traders are the "revenue generators" while those keeping them in check are commonly referred to as a "cost centre".

From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2012