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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bottom linenoun

    the last line in an audit; the line that shows profit or loss

  2. bottom linenoun

    the decisive point

Wiktionary

  1. bottom linenoun

    The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.

  2. bottom linenoun

    The summary or result; the most important information; the upshot; the net-net.

  3. Etymology: A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.

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  1. bottom line

    The bottom line refers to the final total in a financial transaction, profit and loss statement, or balance sheet. It typically represents the net income, which is revenues minus expenses, interest and taxes. It can also be used more broadly to refer to the final or most important point in a discussion or situation.

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  1. Bottom Line

    The Bottom Line was a music venue at 15 West Fourth Street between Mercer Street and Greene Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. During 1970s and 1980s the club was a major space for small-scale popular music performances.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of bottom line in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of bottom line in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of bottom line in a Sentence

  1. Dale Stevermer:

    I cringe, when a tariff even gets talked about, it makes both the buyers and the sellers jumpy. It's going to impact my bottom line, it's going to impact my business livelihood, and, to an extent, it becomes a mental outlook.

  2. Chuck Schumer:

    The bottom line is we're going to fight for the whole HEROES bill period.

  3. United States:

    I think The Justice Department is clear from the indictment that came out The Justice Department's not about punishing journalism, The Justice Department is about assisting the hacking of a military computer to steal information from the United States government, and look, I'll wait and see what happens with the charges and how The Justice Department proceeds, but he skipped bail in the UK, the bottom line is United States has to answer for what United States has done, at least as it's been charged.

  4. Wendy Young:

    The bottom line is they didn't think through family reunification when they launched this policy because it wasn't of interest to them. It wasn't a concern, it's deeply concerning that it's not clear if there are any plans for how to provide for reunification of the separated families and children.

  5. Nancy Adler:

    Investments in better quality public housing may help kids be healthier and also may be good for the economic bottom line.


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