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red ink

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noun

a financial deficit; business loss.

the condition of showing a business loss.

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Origin of red ink

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for red ink

The place where young Lee missed your head with the red-ink bottle.
The Right Stuff|Ian Hay
One kind was a red-ink seal, made with a hand stamp; the other a seal on blue paper, to be fastened on the article.
The Story of American History|Albert F. Blaisdell
But I draw a red-ink line between them and my friends in the true sense—my friends social and intellectual.
The Confidence-Man|Herman Melville
The red-ink note about the avenger of the tortoise is in a crude, large, clumsy, untaught style of writing.
Martin Hewitt, Investigator|Arthur Morrison

I thought; and I took it up and noticed the red-ink lines under so many of the verses.
True to his Colours|Theodore P. Wilson

Word Origin and History for red ink

red ink

n.

"financial losses," 1929, from the red ink traditionally used to indicate debits in accounts.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper