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in the black

a. 1 (context accounting idiomatic English) Having positive net income; having greater income than expenses; making a profit. 2 (context accounting idiomatic English) Having positive net worth.

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In the Black

In the Black is the fifth studio album by the all-female heavy metal band Kittie. The album was released on September 15, 2009.

Usage examples of "in the black".

To keep him alone, day and night, in the black hole, is to inflict on the Marquesan torture inexpressible.

He could see some of the enemy cataphracts, through gaps in the black and oily smoke.

As I understand Klin philosophy, he who dies for the honor of his Empire automatically earns a place in the Black Fleet.

My ears were deaf with the intolerable thunder of my descent, a frightful sickness overcame me, and I was near to losing all consciousness for a moment, in the black vortex of roaring space and force that seemed to draw me nadir-ward through the ultimate pits.

Continents and oceans lay spread out below, while myriads of stars shone like steely points of light in the black space void all around them.

I turned to the right and ran up the avenue in the black shelter of the trees.

So I went over and scooped him up, slung him, and dropped him in a sitting position in the black armchair.

There was not a sound anywhere in the black night beyond the torchlight The harpist, staring back at Morgon, still played softly, awkwardly, his hands gnarled like oak root, twisted beyond all use.

And I am also at less than maximum effectiveness in the black interval between tastes.