top-line growth

top-line growth definition - finance
Common market jargon that refers to an increase in a companyÂ’s sales or revenues. It comes from the fact that the sales figure is the top line of an income statement.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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