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bottom line

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

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  • A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'bottom line':

bottom lineThe summary or result; the most important information; the upshot; the net-net.
Bottom LineThe end results, hard fact or the ultimate deduction of any event, cause, argument or situation
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