In-the-red Definition

adjective

(idiomatic, accounting) Having net losses; in debt.

The figures are going to be in the red this year.
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Origin of In-the-red

  • From the standard accounting practice of using red ink to denote negative values, especially a net loss. The first known written use of the phrase is from the "Wise-crack dictionary" (1926) by George H. Maines and Bruce Grant.

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In-the-red Sentence Examples

  • His teeth flashed pink in the red glow of the taillights.

  • Today, she had left, because the idea of eternity in the red desert with a creature incapable of caring for her was too much for her to bear.

  • His senses picked up on the Guardians and Gods gathered in the red barn.

  • The atomist has an easy answer; he says that the new body is made up by the juxtaposition of the atoms of iodine and mercury, which still exist in the red powder.

  • Fresh-water pearls of considerable value and beauty are found in the Red Cedar river.

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