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below-the-line

be·low-the-line
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bih-loh stressed th ee lahyn]
    • /bɪˈloʊ stressed ði laɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bih-loh stressed th ee lahyn]
    • /bɪˈloʊ stressed ði laɪn/

Definitions of below-the-line word

  • adjective below-the-line denoting the entries printed below the horizontal line on a company's profit-and-loss account that show how any profit is to be distributed 3
  • adjective below-the-line (of an advertising campaign) employing sales promotions, direct marketing, in-store exhibitions and displays, trade shows, sponsorship, and merchandising that do not involve an advertising agency 3
  • adjective below-the-line (in national accounts) below the horizontal line separating revenue from capital transactions 3
  • noun below-the-line denoting entries below a horizontal line on a profit and loss account, separating those that establish the profit or loss from those that show how the profit is distributed 3
  • noun below-the-line denoting capital transactions rather than revenue transactions in a nation's accounts 3
  • noun below-the-line denoting expenditure on advertising by other means than the traditional media, such as the provision of free gifts, special displays, direct mailshots, etc 3

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Origin of below-the-line

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English li(g)ne cord, rope, stroke, series, guiding rule, partly < Old French ligne ≪ Latin līnea, noun use of feminine of līneus flaxen (orig. applied to string), equivalent to līn(um) flax (see line2) + -eus -eous, partly continuing Old English līne string, row, series < Latin, as above

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Parts of speech for Below-the-line

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

below-the-line popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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