亚洲网紅露点

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bottom line

noun

  1. the last line of a financial statement, used for showing net profit or loss.
  2. net profit or loss.
  3. the deciding or crucial factor.
  4. the ultimate result; outcome.


bottom line

noun

  1. the last line of a financial statement that shows the net profit or loss of a company or organization
  2. the final outcome of a process, discussion, etc
  3. the most important or fundamental aspect of a situation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bottom line

  1. The last line in an audit , which shows profit or loss.
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Notes

鈥淏ottom line鈥 also has a derogatory implication when it refers to those people whose attention to the bottom line prevents them from recognizing the value of anything else.
By extension, 鈥渂ottom line鈥 refers to the final, determining consideration in a decision.
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产辞迟顎僼辞尘-濒颈苍别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bottom line1

First recorded in 1965鈥70
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Idioms and Phrases

The ultimate result, the upshot; also, the main point or crucial factor. For example, The bottom line is that the chairman wants to dictate all of the board's decisions , or Whether or not he obeyed the law is the bottom line . This is an accounting term that refers to the earnings figures that appear on the bottom (last) line of a statement. It began to be transferred to other contexts in the mid-1900s.
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Example Sentences

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Corporate media outlets are a byproduct of capitalism, and so their primary concern is the bottom line.

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鈥淭he bottom line is that he has shown to be the best pitcher in a particular league multiple times,鈥 Roberts said before Yamamoto toed the mound.

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The bottom line is that it鈥檚 not all the fault of researchers.

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鈥淭he bottom line is that people don鈥檛 know what their insurance is until they have to use it,鈥 Kallen said.

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Other importers fear for their bottom line, including some in the nail salon industry that has lifted many Vietnamese Americans into the middle class.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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