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The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bottom line.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The summary or result; the most important information.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- The bottom line is that there simply are not enough hours in the day to finish all there is to do.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: upshot, net-net
Antonyms: none provided
A minimum acceptable result from a negotiation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- My bottom line for this job is $125,000; any less and I'll walk away.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: BATNA, reservation price
Antonyms: none provided
the decisive point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: point
the last line in an audit; the line that shows profit or loss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: line
A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
帐本底线
— final balance
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Finnish:
viimeinen rivi
— final balance
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French:
résultat net
— final balance
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German:
Endergebnis
— final balance
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German:
Ergebnis unterm Strich
— final balance
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Hungarian:
végösszeg
— final balance
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Polish:
saldo
— final balance
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Portuguese:
saldo
— final balance
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Spanish:
saldo final
— final balance
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Spanish:
crematística
— final balance
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Arabic:
حاصل الأمر
— summary or result
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Chinese Mandarin:
总结
(zǒngjié)
— summary or result
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Dutch:
kortom
— summary or result
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Finnish:
lopputulos
— summary or result
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French:
résumé
— summary or result
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German:
Fazit
— summary or result
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German:
Ergebnis unterm Strich
— summary or result
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Hebrew:
שורה תחתונה
— summary or result
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Hungarian:
összegzés
— summary or result
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Hungarian:
lényeg
— summary or result
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Hungarian:
végeredmény
— summary or result
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Polish:
rezultat
— summary or result
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Polish:
wynik
— summary or result
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Spanish:
conclusión
— summary or result
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Spanish:
mascadito
— summary or result