red ink

Speech parts

1. red ink - Noun

2. red ink - Verb

Meaning

the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

mark with red ink

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

red-ink

Synonyms

loss red due capital bill chit claim damage credit debt commitment deficit bankruptcy obligation liability
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Antonyms

hand success advantage solution gain coming
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Hypernyms

amount sum ink amount of money

Hyponyms

squeeze paper loss

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

red imported fire ant red in the face Red Indian red iron ore red iron oxide red iron stone