bottom line
The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been talliedThe final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
» The bottom line is we want results.
Kurzum: wir wollen Ergebnisse! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Das Wichtigste ist, dass wir Ergebnisse wollen. — carlosalberto
Мы хотим результатов – это самое главное. — carlosalberto
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:bottom line.
Endergebnis, Ergebnis unterm Strich
(countable, idiomatic, uncountable)The summary or result; the most important information.
The bottom line is that there simply are not enough hours in the day to finish all there is to do.
Fazit, Ergebnis unterm Strich
(countable, idiomatic, uncountable)A minimum acceptable result from a negotiation.
My bottom line for this job is $125,000; any less and I'll walk away.
- the decisive point
- the last line in an audit; the line that shows profit or loss
Examples
15 sentencesThe bottom line is we want results.
ruМы хотим результатов – это самое главное. — carlosalberto
deKurzum: wir wollen Ergebnisse! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We need to remember the bottom line.
I think that's the bottom line.
Give me the bottom line.
Let's remember the bottom line.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: bottom lines| Singular | bottom line |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.