below the line

adverb

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1. line131

below-the-line

adjective

1. denoting the entries printed below the horizontal line on a company's profit-and-loss account that show how any profit is to be distributed

2. (of an advertising campaign) employing sales promotions, direct marketing, in-store exhibitions and displays, trade shows, sponsorship, and merchandising that do not involve an advertising agency

3. (in national accounts) below the horizontal line separating revenue from capital transactions Compare above-the-line

Example Sentences

And contractions in television and film production in-state has slowed, hitting below the line crew members represented by International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

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Healey and Tseng interviewed hundreds of insiders both above and below the line — gaffers, casting directors, actors, writers, stunt people and many others — to provide an extensive, wide-screen view of how to break in, and what it’s like when you actually do find that dream job.

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Your book also covers jobs above and below the line.

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"Seeing this is already intimidating if you are below the line."

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And though delays may be vexing, they’re also a critical opportunity to consider just how much effort it takes from all of those above and below the line to craft the media we watch, and how easy it can be to take the comfort we derive from that entertainment for granted.

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Related Words

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