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bottom line
noun
- the last line of a financial statement, used for showing net profit or loss.
- net profit or loss.
- the deciding or crucial factor.
- the ultimate result; outcome.
bottom line
noun
- the last line of a financial statement that shows the net profit or loss of a company or organization
- the final outcome of a process, discussion, etc
- the most important or fundamental aspect of a situation
bottom line
- The last line in an audit , which shows profit or loss.
Notes
Other 51Թ Forms
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bottom line1
Idioms and Phrases
The ultimate result, the upshot; also, the main point or crucial factor. For example, The bottom line is that the chairman wants to dictate all of the board's decisions , or Whether or not he obeyed the law is the bottom line . This is an accounting term that refers to the earnings figures that appear on the bottom (last) line of a statement. It began to be transferred to other contexts in the mid-1900s.Example Sentences
Nike is already facing a tight bottom line.
“These offers are really important for their bottom line.”
Shareholders embraced the business case because there was no murky morality involved; it simply focused on the bottom line.
Any collective impact on Amazon’s bottom line is so far too small to show up meaningfully on any of the company's earnings reports — in fact, net sales were up 10% last quarter.
The bottom line of Athens last Thursday was, indeed, amazing, but there were warning signs.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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