bottom line
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.
Noun [edit]
bottom line (countable and uncountable; plural bottom lines)
- (accounting) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
- (idiomatic, uncountable) The summary or result; the most important information; the upshot; the net-net.
- The bottom line is that there simply are not enough hours in the day to finish all there is to do.
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Usage notes [edit]
When somebody talks about increasing the bottom line, it means doing things to either increase the revenue or decrease expenses so the net income increases.
