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in the red en · ADP

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/202000.html

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Having net losses; in debt.
    • The figures are going to be in the red this year.

Antonyms

in the black

Synonyms

in the hole

Translations (13)

th ติดหนี้ (in debt) · fr dans le rouge (in debt) · it essere al verde (in debt) · es en números rojos (in debt) · fi miinuksen puolella (in debt) · vi mắc nợ (in debt) · th เป็นหนี้ (in debt) · ko 적자 (in debt) · pt no vermelho (in debt) · ru в долга́х (in debt) · ja 赤字 (in debt) · de in den roten Zahlen (in debt) · de in den Roten (in debt)