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We've had Town Hall meetings, we've witnessed election after election, in which the American people have taken a position on the President's health care bill. And the bottom line is the people don't like this bill. They don't want it.
Eric Cantor

Meaning of "bottom line" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOTTOM LINE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOTTOM LINE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bottom line is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOTTOM LINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bottom line

Net income

In business, net income - also referred to as the bottom line, net profit, net pay or net earnings - is an entity's income minus cost of goods sold, expenses and taxes for an accounting period. It is computed as the residual of all revenues and gains over all expenses and losses for the period, and has also been defined as the net increase in shareholders' equity that results from a company's operations. In the context of the presentation of financial statements, the IFRS Foundation defines net income as synonymous with profit and loss. Net income is a distinct accounting concept from profit. Net income can also be calculated by adding a company's operating income to non-operating income and then subtracting off taxes.

Definition of bottom line in the English dictionary

The first definition of bottom line in the dictionary is the last line of a financial statement that shows the net profit or loss of a company or organization. Other definition of bottom line is the final outcome of a process, discussion, etc. Bottom line is also the most important or fundamental aspect of a situation.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOTTOM LINE

bottom
bottom dead centre
bottom drawer
bottom end
bottom feeder
bottom fisher
bottom fishing
bottom gear
bottom house
bottom out
bottom-up
bottom-up processing
bottomer
bottoming
bottomland
bottomless
bottomlessly
bottomlessness
bottommost
bottomness

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOTTOM LINE

all along the line
cell line
command line
credit line
dotted line
finish line
front line
hold the line
hotline
land line
lay on the line
main line
on line
product line
production line
red line
sign on the dotted line
six-yard line
step out of line
tag line
toe the line

Synonyms and antonyms of bottom line in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «bottom line» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOTTOM LINE

Find out the translation of bottom line to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bottom line from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bottom line» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

最重要的因素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esencial
570 millions of speakers

English

bottom line
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लब्बोलुआब यह है कि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيت القصيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Суть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ponto importante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেষের সারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fond du problème
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pokoknya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Entscheidende
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

最重要事項
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

결정적인 요소
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

garis ing ngisor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Điểm mấu chốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழே வரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तळ ओळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alt çizgi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nocciolo della questione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Najważniejsze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суть
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

linia de jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάτω γραμμή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bottom line
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

kardemumman
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bunnlinjen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bottom line

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOTTOM LINE»

The term «bottom line» is very widely used and occupies the 15.387 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOTTOM LINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bottom line

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10 QUOTES WITH «BOTTOM LINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bottom line.
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Madeleine Albright
One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
2
Mukesh Ambani
You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.
3
Odette Annable
Betty White is a riot. She is a good time! That is the bottom line: Betty White is a good time. She is really an incredible woman. She is so kind. She doesn't have one mean bone in her body, and she is the funniest woman in the room always. And you'll never hear one complaint from her.
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Alan Arkin
It's - everybody's looking at the bottom line all the time, and failure doesn't look good on the bottom line, and yet you don't learn anything without failing.
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Jan Brewer
And the bottom line is, is that they are illegal aliens entering our country. And we simply cannot sustain that kind of activity. bottom line is it's a backdoor to amnesty and I don't believe the American people support that.
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Stephen Breyer
You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office that judge will feel that he or she is to decide the case without reference to the popular thing or the popular will of the moment.
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Mo Brooks
Granted, we need to have a sound immigration policy that allows people into our country who are going to produce more than they are going to consume, but the bottom line is illegal aliens consume far more of our tax resources than they generate.
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Dick Butkus
The bottom line is that these athletes tend to be safer investments because they really value their marketing opportunities. They don't make as much money as during their active careers.
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Eric Cantor
We've had Town Hall meetings, we've witnessed election after election, in which the American people have taken a position on the President's health care bill. And the bottom line is the people don't like this bill. They don't want it.
10
Glenn Close
As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOTTOM LINE»

Discover the use of bottom line in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bottom line and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are ...
This new edition also draws on the latest research to deliver fresh insights into the future of sustainable business, including the rise of B (for "beneficial") corporations and other promising new organizational models, the growing ...
Andrew Savitz, 2013
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The Green Bottom Line: Environmental Accounting for ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency has also done considerable work on models designed to understand the "full costs" of pollution control investments, with the aim of demonstrating that – when these are properly considered – ...
Martin Bennett, Peter James, 1998
3
At the Altar of the Bottom Line: The Degradation of Work in ...
Based on extensive interviews with workers in four different industries, this book takes us behind the statistics of the economic collapse and into the lives of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet and support their families.
Tom Juravich, 2009
4
Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of ...
The Marketing of Higher Education David L. KIRP, David L Kirp. ades following the Civil War] than the founding of the University of Chicago,” writes Frederick Rudolph in his benchmark history of American higher education. It is “one of those ...
David L. KIRP, David L Kirp, 2009
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Straight to the Bottom Line
During the past 20 years, the procurement and supplychain profession has radically evolved.
Robert A. Rudzki, Douglas A. Smock, Michael Karzorke, 2005
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The Triple Bottom Line: Does It All Add Up
This collection provides a review of what has already been achieved in stimulating change in corporate culture and bringing businesses to an appreciation of the importance and benefits of corporate social responsibility.
Adrian Henriques, Julie Richardson, 2013
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The Bottom Line: How to Build a Business Case for ISO 14001
Once you have top management on board, you must deliver. The Bottom Line: How to Build a Business Case for ISO 14001 shows you how to implement ISO 14001 and how it will profitably affect your bottom line.
Pamela Parry, 1999
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Cannibals With Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century ...
Shows how business needs to help society achieve three interconnnected goals
John Elkington, 1998
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Bottom Line Management
Bottom Line Management will help you understand the organization s bottom line and contribute to it. Bottom Line Management gives you essential tools so that you can truly be valuable to your organization.
Gary Fields, 2008
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The Bottom Line: Observations and Arguments on the Sports ...
In the essays collected here—which appeared in publications like The New York Times, Sports Business Journal, and The Wall Street Journal from 1998-2006—Zimbalist considers the current state of organized sports, from football and ...
Andrew Zimbalist, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOTTOM LINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bottom line is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bottom Line
... • MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS. Charter Communications, in the midst of plans to merge with Time Warner Cable, is stocking up on lobby ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
2
'Stone Cold' to grace WWE 2K16 cover — and that's the bottom line
'Stone Cold' to grace WWE 2K16 cover — and that's the bottom line. By JC Ansis, CNN Philippines. Updated 14:15 PM PHT Tue, July 7, 2015. «CNN, Jul 15»
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The Bottom Line: 'Among The Ten Thousand Things' By Julia Pierpont
What would you do if your husband, the father of your children, carried on a months-long affair with a younger woman? What would you do if ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
Alan McInally describes the bottom line if Aston Villa sign Idrissa …
Former Aston Villa striker Alan McInally told talkSPORT show Sports Bar, what he feels is the bottom line in relation to the club's apparent ... «HITC, Jul 15»
5
Fourth-wettest June dampens golf courses' bottom line
The impact on the courses has come in a multitude of ways — not the least of which has been a blow to the bottom line. “It's significant, there's ... «Massillon Independent, Jul 15»
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Real-Time Personalization Affects the Bottom Line
Marketers are responding to consumer demand for personalization through real-time efforts. April 2015 polling by Researchscape for Evergage ... «eMarketer, Jul 15»
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Low bottom line, but SAA boss flies high
Johannesburg - South African Airways' top official apparently received a multimillion- rand bonus at the time the struggling company suffered ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
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Editorial: Collaboration the bottom line on mental health fix
A $325,000 report tells Bernalillo County and Albuquerque to put aside turf battles and work together on the many unmet mental health needs ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
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The bottom line: Adultery thrives in the market place
If you're troubled by an unpleasant squeaking sound that you can't put your finger on, it's probably the 34 million members of adultery website ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
10
Bottom Line: Preservation of memories is all in how you frame it
WORCESTER – Framed in Tatnuck is in the business of preserving memories. “What means the most is when people start crying because ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»

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