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bottom line

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someone's bottom line
the lowest amount of money that someone is willing to give or receive in payment for something. My bottom line on this job is $5000 - I can't do it for less.
See also: bottom, line

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 also: bottom, line

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Mrs Varden turned over to the next page; then went back again to the bottom line over leaf to be quite sure of the last words; and then went on reading with an appearance of the deepest interest and study.
Pickwick eyed him intently as he turned from the bottom line of the first page to the top line of the second, and from the bottom of the second to the top of the third, and from the bottom of the third to the top of the fourth; but not the slightest alteration of countenance afforded a clue to the feelings with which he received the announcement of his son's marriage, which Mr.
 
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