red ink
Ledger's bad news
Red ink is the color traditionally used for recording financial losses, debts, or negative balances in accounting ledgers—contrasted with black ink for profits.
To be in the red is to operate at a loss or owe money.
Red ink often refers to such losses themselves: The company is hemorrhaging red ink.
Teachers also use red ink to mark errors on student papers.
Failure to reach quota
- lossBeing without something
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
- arrearsOverdue financial obligations
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
budget gap · underwater · overdrawn · depletion · hemorrhaging · write-off · writedown · balance sheet
Checking text for mistakes
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- annotateAdd explanatory remarks
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
- revisionsAlterations to improve
manuscript · editor · copyediting · strikethrough · comments · track changes · deletions · insertions
Financial record book
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
- balance sheetAssets-liabilities-equity report
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
- receivablesOutstanding amounts owed you
audit · journal entry · debit · credit · financial statement · accounts payable · spreadsheet · fiscal
shortfall
Failure to reach quota
overspending · budget gap · underwater · overdrawn · depletion · hemorrhaging · write-off · writedown · balance sheet · bottom line
proofreading
Checking text for mistakes
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- annotateAdd explanatory remarks
- correctionsAdjustments to fix errors
revisions · manuscript · editor · copyediting · strikethrough · comments · track changes · deletions · insertions · redline
ledger
Financial record book
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
- balance sheetAssets-liabilities-equity report
- liabilitiesAmounts owed to others
receivables · audit · journal entry · debit · credit · financial statement · accounts payable · spreadsheet · fiscal · quarterly report
caution
Careful attention to risk
harbinger · omen · indicator · heads-up · forewarning · sign · portent · advisory · notice
- Inkinkwells, inkstones, cartridges
- sealsharbor seal, gasket, o-ring, O-ring, airtight seal
- Ballpoint Pensballpoint, retractable pen, click pen, disposable pen, refillable
- illuminated manuscriptsilluminated manuscripts, illuminated manuscript, illuminated letters, illumination, illuminations
- financial ruinbankrupt, bankruptcy, bust, busted, broke
- money troublesdebt relief, bad debt, bankruptcy filing, paycheck to paycheck, struggling