Usually means: Expenses deducted before calculating profit.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word above the line:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. above the line: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. above-the-line, above-the-line, above the line: Collins English Dictionary
  3. above the line: Wiktionary
  4. above the line: Dictionary.com
  5. Above-the-line (filmmaking), Above the line (advertising), Above the line (filmmaking), Above the line: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. above-the-line: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. above the line: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. above the line: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. ABOVE THE LINE: Accounting Glossary
  4. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Above-the-line, above the line: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (above the line)

adverb:  (bridge) In the part of the score sheet in bridge that is reserved for honors, penalty, and premiums; a score that does not count towards game.
adverb:  (accounting) Classified as an ordinary expense or revenue item, or a current asset.
adverb:  (marketing) Having a broad reach rather than targeting a specific demographic.
adverb:  (film) Who guide and influence the creative direction, process, and voice of a given narrative in a film, such as the screenwriter, producer, director, and actors.
adverb:  (television) Of expenses: paid per project to creative personnel such as writers and actors.

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