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below the line

NOUN
debt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrears bill capital commitment credit damage deficit due indebtedness liability mortgage obligation price tag receipt
STRONG
IOU albatross baggage bite check chit claim cuff debenture debit dues duty encumbrance invoice manifest note reckoning responsibility score tab tally voucher
WEAK
arrearage bad news dead horse in hock in the hole in the red outstandings promissory note red ink
Antonyms
STRONG
irresponsibility
WEAK
asset cash excess profit

Example Sentences

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But the prospect of a stretch without Tatum provided the perfect timing for the Celtics to duck below the line and clean up their finances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

"Seeing this is already intimidating if you are below the line."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

Universities have always had, and even embraced, the duty to draw the line between fact and fiction — to determine when an assertion or opinion falls below the line of intellectual acceptability.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

The Pride are below the line with 28 points while Racing is eighth with 27 points.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

The sun, making up its mind at last, plunged below the line of the sky.

From The Lost Warship by Williams, Robert Moore