bottom line

English

Etymology

A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.

Noun

bottom line (countable and uncountable, plural bottom lines)

(accounting) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
(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.

Synonyms: upshot, net-net

Usage notes

When somebody talks about increasing the bottom line, it means doing things to either increase the revenue or decrease expenses so the net income increases.

Derived terms

bottom liner

Translations

final balance

Chinese:
Mandarin: 帐本底线

Finnish: viimeinen rivi
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

summary or result

Chinese:
Mandarin: 总结 (zh)

Finnish: lopputulos (fi)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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