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chargeback

chargeback

4.5
A system that bills departments for the services or resources they use
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɑːrdʒbæk/
  • Jargon
translation icon : sistema de devoluciones
  • The company adopted a chargeback model to promote accountability for shared service expenses among departments.
  • chargeback system
  • chargeback approach
  • organizations using a chargeback

Examples

  • This is because, by providing a measure of resource usage, chargeback also serves financial reporting and accountability.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Since users are charged directly for IS services in a chargeback approach, it helps to stimulate more reasonable user requests than with a non-chargeback approach.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Chargeback systems are likely to work better in this environment of greater user awareness.

    Academic text (1992)
  • First, the focus is primarily on chargeback systems and the extent to which their characteristics affect the behavior and attitudes of users.

    Academic text (1992)
  • It is proposed, therefore, that chargeback systems are likely to be more prevalent in larger organizations.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Eighty companies used a non-chargeback approach and 61 organizations used a chargeback approach.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The Markus (1987) study explores the feedback aspect of chargeback in influencing the implementation of office communication systems.

    Academic text (1992)
  • The finance department implemented a chargeback system to accurately track service usage costs across different units.

  • Using a chargeback approach, each department is billed for the resources they consume during the project.

Surface Forms

chargeback singular
chargebacks plural

Morphology

chargeback = charge (transparent) = back + charge

The organisational meaning (billing costs to the originating unit) is a direct extension of 'charging' costs 'back' to the responsible party. [Postprocessing: moved 'back' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Chargeback mixes charge ('a cost') and back ('return'), like sending a bill back to the person who used something. That is why a company uses a chargeback system to bill the department that actually used the service or resource.