Bottom Line

For LGBT employees who do not feel comfortable coming out in their workplace, the effects can be profound on the bottom-line success of corporations. ❋ Lori Sokol (2011)

Profit dipped 0.8% at Plains' transportation segment, the biggest bottom-line contributor. ❋ Matt Jarzemsky (2011)

The bottom-line, from a free market perspective, these sorts of deceptions by Paulson and Goldman should not be tolerated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He shouldn't be making the grubby bottom-line calculations, he should be making an elegant case for his leadership. ❋ Peggy Noonan (2011)

The bottom-line is that no one cares what you think. ❋ Unknown (2010)

PetMed Express posted a surprise fiscal third-quarter profit increase, the first bottom-line growth for the online-focused pet-medicine purveyor in more than a year, with revenue jumping 12% on a 29% surge in new orders. ❋ Chris Dieterich (2012)

From a corporate bottom-line point of view, things like iTunes sales can make a difference, but ratings matter more in the long run. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The teacher was everything; that was the new mantra of economists and bottom-line school reformers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In January, Liz Claiborne said it saw "clearly disappointing" direct-to-consumer sales in December that led it to lower its bottom-line forecast for the second half. ❋ Lauren Pollock (2011)

Look at the year-by-year discounted to current value bottom-line numbers from the Analytical Perspectives., ❋ Unknown (2009)

The bottom-line is that if the question was asked of me “does rent control decrease the supply of housing” I would probably answer NO. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The bottom-line is that our policies regarding stage 1 screening should be geared to make blood emerging after stage 2 testing as safe as possible. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The bottom-line is that the refusal of libertarians to not recognize the right to be free from racial discrimination in employment or public accommodations is a choice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's hard to believe that sports leaders haven't learned that federal intervention in sports has always been painful -- tarnishing reputations, alienating fans and hurting the bottom-line. ❋ Richard Grenell (2011)

If I spend millions researching the information, discover something juicy, and then the WSJ publishes the bottom-line in a 50 cent print edition, and hundreds of bloggers pick it up for free, how do I recoup my investment? ❋ Unknown (2009)

But there is no doubt about the bottom-line that discretion, in some form, will sometimes be exercised. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The company lowered its bottom-line guidance for the year ended March 31 by 60 cents to 70 cents and revenue forecast by $210 million to $230 million. ❋ Ben Fox Rubin (2012)

[And That's] [the Bottom Line], Cuz [Stone Cold] Said So ❋ Tha Freak (2003)

[NERDS] RULE BOTTOM LINE The [essential] point is that [nerds] rule. ❋ Eugene Jackson (2011)

the bottom line [is that you] have to [do this] particular job [because I said so]! ❋ Xxxuglyxxx (2013)

It is [important] to have a great bottom line. [I'm a] bottom line guy. Watch that bottom line. [Doughnuts] contribute to your bottom line. ❋ UrbanCulture (2006)

Person 1: Dude, have u ever seen her when she bends over???? Person 2: Thats [the bottom line]!!! Person 1: [Yah man], I hear you...but whatever you do, [DON'T look down] the bottom line. Last time I did, I noticed little fragments attached to the bottom line Person 2: Man, that's nasty!!!! ❋ AYI (2003)

John: "...then Sue and I went to that club that Mike told us about, you know the one with the great [techno] music,which was great because Sue loves techno music. She was wearing this really hot outfit...[blah,blah,blah]..." Travis: "Dude, [bottom line it]." John: "Oh, sure. We went back to my place and had sex." ❋ Travya (2008)

After the company reduced its workforce by [ten percent] in order to satisfy the bottom-line [feeders] and their need to increase [revenue], customer service suffered and many patrons sought help elsewhere. ❋ Brian Wild (2008)

Someone talking endless with useless [chatter] to [deliver] [bad news] but you want them to bottom-line-you butt they continue their useless talk instead of "bottom line me". ❋ Sunnymunny (2010)

"[Watching the bottom line]" can also refer to a [bystander's] lengthy observation of someone who is unknowingly "mooning the world" while engrossed in the task he's performing. Sometimes you can gain a bit of extra folding-money if you make a bet with anyone else who's with you about how long it'll be before the clueless butt-exposer either realizes his [faux pas] or someone else yells at him to pull his pants up. ❋ QuacksO (2019)

"That's a great [idea]. Who's [going] to [bottom line it]?" ❋ Bee783 (2021)