above the line

adverb

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above-the-line

adjective

1. denoting entries printed above the horizontal line on a company's profit-and-loss account separating the entries that show how the profit (or loss) was made from the entries showing how the profit is to be distributed
2. (of an advertising campaign) employing an advertising agency to use the press, television, radio, cinema, and posters
3. (in national accounts) denoting transactions concerned with revenue shown above a horizontal line that separates them from capital transactions Compare below-the-line

Example Sentences

McIlroy was comfortable in saying it was above the line, played short of the green and wound up making double bogey.

From Seattle Times

Only a couple of centimetres of it was above the line.

From BBC

Another result of Mr. Sanders’ proposal would be a reduction in poverty, with some 400,000 families lifted above the line.

From Washington Times

Additionally, Above the Line reported last month that the visual album was shot in secret by artist-filmmaker Nadia Lee Cohen.

From Los Angeles Times

When you endorse the check, be sure to endorse it as close to the top of the check as possible to leave yourself plenty of room to write below your endorsement but above the line that cuts off the endorsement box.

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