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the bottom line

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the bottom line 
1. the most important fact in a situation The bottom line is that people's health is at risk if they smoke.
2. the total amount of money that a business makes or loses The bottom line is what counts in most companies these days.
See you can bet your life bottom dollar, be bumping along the bottom, knock the bottom out of
See also: bottom, line


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