below the line

adverb

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1. line131

below-the-line

adjective

1. 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
2. (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. (in national accounts) below the horizontal line separating revenue from capital transactions Compare above-the-line

Example Sentences

Universities have always had, and even embraced, the duty to draw the line between fact and fiction — to determine when an assertion or opinion falls below the line of intellectual acceptability.

From Los Angeles Times

There was one tense moment when Spieth said, “Everyone I’m hearing that had eyes on it … is saying they were 100 percent certain it landed below the line.”

From Seattle Times

Angel City was below the line and upset Portland 5-1 on Sunday to clinch the first berth in the franchise’s two-year history.

From Seattle Times

The Pride are below the line with 28 points while Racing is eighth with 27 points.

From Seattle Times

Williams, who delivered bagels to picketers during the strike, told the Associated Press at the time that hundreds of people below the line are unfortunate victims of the strike: “You want to resolve it for their sake and get everybody back working and find a way to share it.”

From Los Angeles Times

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