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adjective
- (idiom) (accounting) Having net losses.
- The figures are going to be this year.
Translations: - German: in den roten Zahlen, in den Roten
Etymology: From the standard accounting practice of using red ink to denote negative values, especially a net loss. The first known written use of the phrase is from the "Wise-crack dictionary" (1926) by George H. Maines and Bruce Grant.http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/202000.html
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