profit center
US /ˈprɑːfɪt ˌsen.tər/
UK /ˈprɑːfɪt ˌsen.tər/

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利潤中心
a department or division within a company that is responsible for its own revenues and costs, and therefore for its own profits or losses
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The marketing department was reorganized as a profit center.
市場部被重組為一個利潤中心。
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Each branch operates as an independent profit center.
每個分支機構都作為一個獨立的利潤中心運作。