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RED INK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

Example:

the company operated in the red last year

Synonyms:

loss; red; red ink

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("red ink" is a kind of...):

amount; amount of money; sum; sum of money (a quantity of money)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "red ink"):

paper loss (an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost)

squeeze (a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer)

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