bottom line
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.
Origin of bottom line
1Other words from bottom line
- bottom-line, adjective
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How to use bottom line in a sentence
The bottom line is that antibody testing “for the purposes of vaccine decision-making” is not advisable, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Why you shouldn’t get a covid antibody test after your vaccine | Lindsey Bever | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe bottom line, she said, is that wearing any type of mask is better than not wearing one at all.
Masks should fit better or be doubled up to protect against coronavirus variants, CDC says | Lena H. Sun, Fenit Nirappil | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe bottom line, though, is that these tax structures could be updated to be more equitable.
“We Have Counties in Deep Trouble”: Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Reverse Timber Tax Cuts That Cost Communities Billions | by Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive, and Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting | February 5, 2021 | ProPublicaThe bottom line is that the threat of snow for Sunday is diminishing.
PM Update: Cold tonight under clearer skies, then it turns milder Thursday | Ian Livingston | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostThe truth of the matter is, the contactless experience is no longer just a “nice-to-have” but a necessity that impacts the retailer’s bottom line.
COVID and quarantine are driving contactless retail experiences | Trevor Grigoruk | February 1, 2021 | Digiday
bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019 | Dave Majumdar | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIsraeli elections means a time out And that brings us to the bottom line.
Why We Should Delay The Israel-Palestinian Peace Process | Aaron David Miller | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt seems to me that we are dealing with more than bottom-line economics and bottom-squeezing ergonomics.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTbottom line is we should expect to hear Sunday that the grand jury has not indicted Wilson.
The bottom line is that Ebola is terrible and the world is not doing enough.
The altered die has the three vertical lines, but the horizontal lines are omitted to the point where the bottom line begins.
History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America | John Kerr TiffanyThe bottom line, being nearest to the centre of the circle, is now shorter than the centre line.
The Aeroplane Speaks | H. BarberPage 263, after the word insects (bottom line of note), add, but the whole marking is suggestive of distastefulness.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2) | August WeismannIn like manner, the totals in the bottom line are all equivalent to percentages since 100 buds of each parent tree were used.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting | Northern Nut Growers AssociationOur plan will improve the bottom line for more than 23 million small businesses.
State of the Union Addresses of George W. Bush | George W. Bush
British Dictionary definitions for bottom line
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
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Cultural definitions for bottom line
The last line in an audit, which shows profit or loss.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with bottom line
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.
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