Synonyms for red ink
| Grammar : Noun |
Top 10 synonyms for red ink Other synonyms for the word red ink
- albatross
- arrearage
- arrears
- bad news
- baggage
- below the line
- bite
- check
- chit
- claim
- cuff
- dead horse
- debenture
- debit
- defalcation
- default
- defectiveness
- due bill
- dues
- duty
- encumbrance
- in hock
- in the hole
- in the red
- inadequacy
- incompleteness
- insufficience
- insufficiency
- invoice
- IOU
- lack
- liability
- loss
- manifest
- mortgage
- note
- obligation
- outstandings
- paucity
- price tag
- promissory note
- receipt
- reckoning
- red ink
- responsibility
- scantiness
- score
- shortage
- shortcoming
- shortfall
- tab
- tally
- underage
- voucher
Définition of red ink
Origin :- "financial losses," 1929, from the red ink traditionally used to indicate debits in accounts.
- As in shortfall : noun deficit; imperfection
- As in debt : noun money owed to others
- As in deficit : noun shortage of something needed, required
- At the head of each page the name of the county is written in red ink.
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- He had dipped the pen, as another moment showed, into red ink.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- Instead of doing so, he sketched her face with black and red ink.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- The year would be written in red ink at the top of the chart.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- Fill a glass with water and color it with a little blueing or red ink.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- It's ticked in red ink, if you'll take the trouble to look at it.'
- Extract from : « Young Mr. Barter's Repentance » by David Christie Murray
- Could that dim, red ink once have been, the life blood in a man's veins?
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- The Four Masters suggest a sort of red ink for this purpose.
- Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
- They were soaked right enough, thoroughly soaked—in the red ink.
- Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
- Big letters in red ink at the top counseled, "Safety First."
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
Antonyms for red ink
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