1. red ink - Noun
2. red ink - Verb
the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
mark with red ink
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He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote poems to her, which, ignoring the subject, she corrected in red ink... Virginia Woolf
Without a doubt, first thing we should do is clean up our fiscal house, and that starts with balancing our budgets and digging out of this red ink. We cannot expect to continue in this fashion and remain the leader of the free world. Marcy Kaptur
the company operated at a loss last year Source: Internet
the company operated in the red last year Source: Internet
red-ink the area that is restricted Source: Internet