noun [sing.]
1 (the bottom line) the most important thing that you have to consider or accept; the essential point in a discussion, etc:
The bottom line is that we have to make a decision today.
2 (business) the amount of money that is a profit or a loss after everything has been calculated:
The bottom line for 1999 was a pre-tax profit of ｣85 million. * Sales last month failed to add to the company's bottom line.
3 the lowest price that sb will accept:
Two thousand-and that's my bottom line!
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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