red ink

Noun
  1. The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue (synset 113348253)
    "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"
    is a type of: amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money - a quantity of money
    subtypes:
    • 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
    same as: loss, red

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