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red ink

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red ink
n.
1. A financial loss in business.
2. The condition of showing a fiscal deficit: a firm drowning in red ink.
[From the use of red ink to record debits and losses in financial records.]
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Noun1.red ink - the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"
red, loss
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; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"
amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money - a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"


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" There were several additions of a later date, but above all, three crosses of red ink--two on the north part of the island, one in the southwest--and beside this last, in the same red ink, and in a small, neat hand, very different from the captain's tottery characters, these words: "Bulk of treasure here.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
As long as it was only the left drawer instead of the right, and red ink instead of black, I thought it must be the chance blunders of a forger, as you say.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
The red ink on it actually was not dry, and the message ran, "If you have been to see her today, I shall kill you.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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