red ink
/ˈrɛdˌɪŋk/
noun
- Financial loss or debt, especially in business or accounting.
- The company has been in the red-ink for three consecutive quarters.
- The new manager was brought in to turn the red-ink into profit.
- Small businesses often struggle to avoid red-ink in their first year.
- Red-colored ink used for writing or printing.
- She signed the document with red-ink to make it stand out.
- The artist used red-ink to add dramatic highlights to the drawing.
- The teacher marked the wrong answers in red-ink.
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