| NOUN | possession | red ink, loss, red | the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue |
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| Meaning | The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue. | |
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| Synonyms | loss, red | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money | A quantity of money |
| Opposite | gain | The amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating |
| Spanish | déficit, en rojo, números rojos, pérdida, pérdidas | |
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