Idiom
red ink
Meaning
Financial loss.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The company is in the red ink again.”
“After a year of poor sales, the small business found itself drowning in red ink.”
“Despite the CEO's optimistic projections, the quarterly report revealed significant red ink that threatened the future of the entire organization.”
Examples
simple
“The company is in the red ink again.”
contextual
“After a year of poor sales, the small business found itself drowning in red ink.”
complex
“Despite the CEO's optimistic projections, the quarterly report revealed significant red ink that threatened the future of the entire organization.”
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