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

That business, called Amazon Web Services, is the largest of its kind and is a profit center for the company.

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“There’s no question that streaming is now under the gun to be its own profit center,” Hanlon said.

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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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