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PRONUNCIATION OF PROFIT CENTRE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROFIT CENTRE

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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Profit centre is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROFIT CENTRE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of profit centre in the English dictionary

The definition of profit centre in the dictionary is a unit or department of a company that is responsible for its costs and its profits.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROFIT CENTRE

profit
profit and loss
profit and loss account
profit margin
profit motive
profit squeeze
profit taking
profit warning
profit-making
profit-seeking
profit-sharing
profit-sharing scheme
profitability
profitability study
profitable
profitableness
profitably
profiteer
profiteering
profiter

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROFIT CENTRE

business centre
call centre
centre
city centre
community centre
concentre
conference centre
convention centre
drop-in centre
fitness centre
garden centre
health centre
information centre
rencontre
resource centre
right-of-centre
service centre
shopping centre
the Centre
town centre
training centre

Synonyms and antonyms of profit centre in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «profit centre» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROFIT CENTRE

Find out the translation of profit centre to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of profit centre from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «profit centre» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

利润中心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

centro de beneficios
570 millions of speakers

English

profit centre
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लाभ केंद्र
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مركز الربح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

центр прибыли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

centro de lucro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুনাফা কেন্দ্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

centre de profit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pusat keuntungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Profit-Center
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

利益センター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이익 센터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Profit center
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

trung tâm lợi nhuận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இலாப மையம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नफा केंद्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kâr merkezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

centro di profitto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

centrum zysku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

центр прибутку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

centru de profit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κέντρο κέρδους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

winssentrum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

resultatenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

profit center
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of profit centre

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFIT CENTRE»

The term «profit centre» is regularly used and occupies the 72.641 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROFIT CENTRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about profit centre

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROFIT CENTRE»

Discover the use of profit centre in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to profit centre and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Management Accounting
The cost centre evaluation techniques include variance analysis, and job costing systems. However, in general, the expense centre is not a useful basis for measuring performance of responsibility centres. 6.5.2 Profit Centre The profit centre is ...
2
Management Accounting
The manager of the Profit Centre is held responsible for the amount of profit earned by that Profit Centre. The Income Statement of a Profit Centre is used as a control device. A Profit Centre provides a more effective assessment of the ...
Bhattacharyya Debarshi, 2011
3
MANAGEMENT ACC, 5E
A profit centre requires all of the data needed in an expense centre as well as additional data regarding revenues. Therefore, management can determine whether the division was efficient in the utilisation of resources and, whether the ...
KHAN & JAIN
4
Case Study in Marketing
Therefore, in a profit centre the measures of performance is better and broader than in an expense centre since in case of expense centre, the accounting system measures only one element (i.e. cost) whereas in a profit centre both the ...
5
Management Control Systems A Managerial Emphasis
A profit centre is a responsibility centre in which financial performance is measured in terms of profit (i.e., the difference between the revenues and expenses) inputs are measured in terms of expenses and outputs are measured in terms of ...
Sinha, 2009
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MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS
12.3 REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFIT CENTRE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT To make a profit centre system achieve the desired results, the following conditions have to be fulfilled: (a) Correct marking of the boundaries of each profit ...
N. GHOSH, 2005
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Handbook of Asset and Liability Management: From Models to ...
The introduction of FTPs makes possible an essential part of ALM implementation, i.e. transforming the ALM into a profit centre. Many banks use FTPs to price their products but only the most advanced companies developed an independent ...
Alexandre Adam, 2008
8
Management Control Systems
The profit generated by a profit centre is given by revenues minus cost. Though this is a simple concept, difficulties arise in measuring profits because of problems of transfer prices, joint revenues and common costs. Since in most companies ...
R.j.reddy
9
Accounting For Management
(iii) The divisional manager/head of the profit centre must be delegated exclusive authority by the top management to a reasonable extent to take independent decisions on his own, in regard to the quantity and quality of the various 'inputs' ...
Mathur, 2011
10
Management Accounting, 3E
Profit centre. A responsibility centre is called a profit centre when the manager is held responsible for both costs (inputs) and revenues (outputs), and thus, for profit. In profit centre, both inputs and outputs are capable of measurement in ...
I. M. Pandey, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROFIT CENTRE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term profit centre is used in the context of the following news items.
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GKN reshuffle sees FD Walker take on Land Systems patch
No stranger to profit centre responsibilities, Walker headed Informa's events division while serving as FD - his role prior to joining GKN. «Financial Director, Jul 15»
2
With 80 Deaths A Day, 'Delhi's Air Pollution Is Killing More People …
According to a report published in 1997, the Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment had said that “a stupendous 51,779 ... «Youth Ki Awaaz, Jul 15»
3
Maroubra man and his double decker bus crosses Australia for …
Angus Graham had used to opportunity of his recent bus purchase to raise cash for the not-for-profit Centre, who helped restore the hearing of ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
Robert Rose: Kraft, ANZ, GE set pace in brand-funded content
Brand-funded content is becoming a profit centre for companies that do it well, on top of attracting and entertaining customers, according to ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
5
Global approach to learning
We are given the liberty to run the school as a school first, then as a profit centre. This is how we are able to come up with projects that promote ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
6
BCG launches not-for-profit Centre for Public Impact
The impact of government programmes is becoming increasingly important to citizens. To support policy makers in developing effective and ... «Consultancy.uk, Jul 15»
7
Corporation shouldn't profit at public's expense
This is not the first time this company has created a new profit centre at public expense. Alcan, as the company was known prior to its purchase ... «Terrace Standard, Jul 15»
8
Orphaned bear cubs thriving at Vancouver Island wildlife shelter
The non-profit centre is accepting donations to help in the upkeep of Jordan and Athena, as well as other animals. Go to niwra.org. Read more ... «The Province, Jul 15»
9
Did the number of farmer suicides really halve last year?
... former scientist at Indian Council of Agricultural Research and director of Hyderabad-based non-profit Centre for Sustainable Agriculture. «Livemint, Jul 15»
10
IT as a profit centre: Could we? Should we?
The IT department is one of those things that will never be a profit centre, right? Like the finance and HR departments, the people that look after ... «The Register, Jul 15»

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