profit center
noun
: a part of a corporation or its product line that is an important source of profits
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The for-profit center was acquired by Steward Health in 2017. 
Leto Sapunar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 Over four decades, airline mileage programs have morphed from a way to generate a bit more loyalty to a massive profit center for airlines, and an unexpected financial savior for the carriers as COVID-19 crashed airline travel. Peter Greenberg, CBS News, 20 June 2022 During that time broadband subscriptions continued to grow, becoming a significant profit center. Brad Adgate, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 By investing heavily in battery research and producing them at scale, Tesla is betting big on controlling the bottleneck, and thus the profit center, for the industry at large. Steve Richmond, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Any small business can create a gift certificate or gift card profit center, and should. Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022 Not acknowledging that a program designed to help patients has become a profit center for some of the largest corporations is simply wrong. Ted Okon, STAT, 8 July 2022 Patagonia has innovated around the cost of disposal and turned its returns into a profit center. Ben Freedman, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 What if machines could be your profit center and economic driver? Art Malkov, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021 See More
Leto Sapunar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 Over four decades, airline mileage programs have morphed from a way to generate a bit more loyalty to a massive profit center for airlines, and an unexpected financial savior for the carriers as COVID-19 crashed airline travel. Peter Greenberg, CBS News, 20 June 2022 During that time broadband subscriptions continued to grow, becoming a significant profit center. Brad Adgate, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 By investing heavily in battery research and producing them at scale, Tesla is betting big on controlling the bottleneck, and thus the profit center, for the industry at large. Steve Richmond, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Any small business can create a gift certificate or gift card profit center, and should. Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022 Not acknowledging that a program designed to help patients has become a profit center for some of the largest corporations is simply wrong. Ted Okon, STAT, 8 July 2022 Patagonia has innovated around the cost of disposal and turned its returns into a profit center. Ben Freedman, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022 What if machines could be your profit center and economic driver? Art Malkov, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1955, in the meaning defined above