Glossary
Allocation & Accountability

Cost Centre

A defined unit of the business — team, product, department or project that owns a budget and is accountable for the spend attributed to it.
Provides an organizational owner for budget management, reporting, and spending accountability.

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Allocation & Accountability

Allocation Rate

The share of total spend that has been successfully attributed to a named owner, expressed as a percentage.
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Allocation & Accountability

Chargeback

Billing allocated cloud costs directly to each team or business unit's budget, so cloud spend appears in their own P&L.
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Allocation & Accountability

Cost Allocation

The process of attributing every unit of cloud, data and SaaS spend to the team, product, feature or customer responsible for it.
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