Noun: red ink
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
"The company's financial report showed significant red ink in the fourth quarter";
- loss, red
- Mark with red ink
"red-ink the area that is restricted"
Derived forms: red-inking, red-inked, red inks, red-inks
Type of: amount, amount of money, ink, sum, sum of money
Encyclopedia: Red ink