profit center

noun

1. a segment of a business organization that has a profitable base independent of the business as a whole.

2. any source of profit.

Example Sentences

The company’s Medicare Advantage plans, which are private insurance policies, had become a profit center with the retirement wave of aging baby boomers.

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Smith is the attention-grabbing signature host of ESPN’s lineup of daytime talk shows, which are not only a profit center but a platform that keeps the company’s name in the national conversation.

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The parks are Disney’s biggest profit center, showing he can navigate a massive budget.

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The linear television business, including ESPN, has declined at a faster-than-expected rate, eroding a key profit center.

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What started as a niche service became a massive profit center for the banks after the proliferation of debit cards that caused customers to debit their bank accounts for small and large amounts of money multiple times a day.

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