Bottom line
In business and accounting, net income (also total comprehensive income, net earnings, net profit, bottom line, sales profit, or credit sales) is an entity's income minus cost of goods sold, expenses, depreciation and amortization, interest, and ...
is an informal name for a company's net income, which is typically printed on the last line of the company's income statement.
Bottom line or the bottom line may also refer to:
Arts, media and entertainment
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The Bottom Line (Australian TV series), an Australian leadership discussion program on Channel Nine
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''The Bottom Line'' (media), a Slovenian online investigative media website
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ESPN BottomLine, ESPN's lower-third sports information ticker
* ''The Bottom Line'', the original title of ''
Across the Line'', a long-running music show on BBC Radio Ulster
* ''The Bottom Line'', a business radio programme on BBC Radio 4 – see
Evan Davis § ''The Bottom Line'' programme
* ''The Bottom Line'', U.S. politics discussion program by
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English (AJE; , ) is a 24-hour English-language News broadcasting, news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is funded by the government of Qatar. Al Jazeera introduced an English-language division in 2006. It is ...
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The Bottomline with Boy Abunda'', a talk show in the Philippines on ABS-CBN
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WWE Bottom Line
''WWE Bottom Line'' is an American syndicated television program which recaps the events which takes place on WWE's weekly flagship program, '' Raw''. It replaced WWE's previous highlight show, '' WWF LiveWire''. Its name is a reference to the s ...
'', a wrestling television show, named after the catchphrase of Stone Cold Steve Austin
Music
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''Bottom Line'' (album), a 1979 album by John Mayall
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The Bottom Line (Bryant University), a collegiate a cappella group at Bryant University
Songs
* "Bottom Line", by Diana Ross from her 1989 album ''
Workin' Overtime
''Workin' Overtime'' is the eighteenth studio album by American singer Diana Ross, released on June 6, 1989, by Motown Records. Her first Motown album with new material since '' To Love Again'' (1981) after a short stint with RCA Records, Ross r ...
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* "Bottom Line", by Martin Solveig from his 2008 album ''
C'est La Vie''
* "Bottom Line", by Ratt from their 1988 album ''
Reach for the Sky
''Reach for the Sky'' is a 1956 British biographical film about aviator Douglas Bader, based on the 1954 biography of the same name by Paul Brickhill. The film stars Kenneth More and was directed by Lewis Gilbert. It won the BAFTA Award fo ...
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* "Bottom Line", by Raven from their 1985 album ''
Stay Hard
''Stay Hard'' is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Raven, released in 1985. It was their first album recorded in the United States for the major label Atlantic Records, after the band had passed under American management. Wit ...
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* "Bottom Line", by Swollen Members from their 2003 album ''
Heavy
Heavy may refer to:
Measures
* Heavy, a characterization of objects with substantial weight
* Heavy, a wake turbulence category used by pilots and air traffic controllers to refer to aircraft with a maximum takeoff mass of 136,000 kgs or mo ...
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* "Bottom Line", by the 77s from their 1987 album ''
The 77s
The 77s (alternatively spelled the Seventy Sevens, the 77's, or simply 77's) is an American rock band consisting of Michael Roe on vocals/guitar, Mark Harmon on bass guitar, and Bruce Spencer on drums.
History
The group was "formed at a ch ...
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* "The Bottom Line", by Alanis Morissette, a demo for 1995's ''
Jagged Little Pill
''Jagged Little Pill'' is the third studio album by Canadian-American singer Alanis Morissette, released by Maverick (company), Maverick on June 13, 1995. Recorded in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood at Westlake Recording Studios, Westlake wit ...
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The Bottom Line (song)
"The Bottom Line" is a song by the English alternative dance band Big Audio Dynamite, released as both a 7" and 12" single from their debut studio album, ''This Is Big Audio Dynamite'' (1985). It was written, and produced by Mick Jones, his debut ...
, a 1985 song by Big Audio Dynamite
* "The Bottom Line", by David Lee Roth from his 1988 album ''
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Most modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise bui ...
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* "The Bottom Line", by Depeche Mode from their 1997 album ''
Ultra
Ultra may refer to:
Science and technology
* Ultra (cryptography), the codename for cryptographic intelligence obtained from signal traffic in World War II
* Adobe Ultra, a vector-keying application
* Sun Ultra series, a brand of computer work ...
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Other uses
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Bottom Line Inc., an American publisher of books, newsletters and web articles
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The Bottom Line (venue)
The Bottom Line was a music venue at 15 West 4th Street between Mercer Street and Greene Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. During the 1970s and 1980s the club was a major space for small-scale popular mus ...
, a performance venue in New York City's Greenwich Village from 1974 to 2004
* Bottom line, the "" line of descent (traced only through females), reflecting that line's position at the bottom of tabulated pedigrees in horse breeding
See also
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Bottom line mentality, in psychology
* "Land of the Bottom Line", by John Gorka from his 1990 album ''
Land of the Bottom Line
''Land of the Bottom Line'' is the second album by contemporary folk singer-songwriter John Gorka. The album was also Gorka's major label debut for High Street Records/Windham Hill Records. The album was highly acclaimed by critics at the time, a ...
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Double bottom line
Double bottom line (abbreviated as DBL or 2BL) seeks to extend the conventional bottom line, which measures fiscal performance—financial profit or loss—by adding a ''second'' bottom line to measure a for-profit business's performance ...
, a business term used in socially responsible enterprise and investment
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Triple bottom line
The triple bottom line (or otherwise noted as TBL or 3BL) is an accounting framework with three parts: social, environmental (or ecological) and economic. Some organizations have adopted the TBL framework to evaluate their performance in a broader ...
, a business term used in measuring organizational (and societal) success: economic, environmental and social
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BLUF (communication) (bottom line up front)
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