in the red
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- (idiomatic, accounting) Having net losses; in debt.
- The figures are going to be in the red this year.
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Translations[edit]
in debt
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