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bottom line
Word definitions for bottom line in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
figurative sense is attested from 1967, from profit and loss accounting, where the final figure after both are calculated is the bottom line on the page. Also (especially as an adjective) bottomline .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context accounting English) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied. 2 (context idiomatic uncountable English) The summary or result; the most important information; the upshot; the net-net.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the last line in an audit; the line that shows profit or loss the decisive point
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Bottom Line is an album by British bluesman John Mayall with various musicians. Along with No More Interviews it is one of only two Mayall albums that has never been released on CD.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He figured the currency hedge cost Tomkins 4 million pounds on its bottom line in the first half. ▪ The bottom line for city officials: Be kind to your current employers. ▪ The bottom line is, there is no stake in anyone legitimizing ...
Usage examples of bottom line.
But the bottom line is that right here and now, you can't do anything about those.
The bottom line was that less than half the equipment requested for Terran Forces would be available before the invasion.
Still, the bottom line was that Peters, a cop of many years' experience, had made some highly negative comments about the applicant I was investigating.
Now you can dismiss the research at Lawrence Berkeley all you want, but the bottom line is that I would be making the same recommendations to Atheon I’.
Grant entered the pertinent numbers a dozen different ways before he gave up hoping that the bottom line would change.