Bottom line is the income that an entity has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue.
Bottom line or the bottom line may also refer to:
Arts, media and entertainment[edit]
- The Bottom Line (radio programme), a business discussion programme on BBC Radio 4
- The Bottom Line (Australian TV series), an Australian leadership discussion television program on Channel Nine
- The Bottom Line (media), a Slovenian online investigative media website
- ESPN BottomLine, ESPN's lower third sports information ticker
- The Bottom Line, US politics discussion program by Al Jazeera English
- The Bottomline with Boy Abunda, a talk show program in the Philippines on ABS-CBN
- "Bottom line", the catchphrase of wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin
- WWE Bottom Line, a World Wrestling Entertainment syndicated television show
Music[edit]
- Bottom Line (album), a 1979 album by John Mayall
- The Bottom Line (Bryant University), a collegiate a cappella group at Bryant University
Songs[edit]
- "Bottom Line", by Diana Ross from her 1989 album Workin' Overtime
- "Bottom Line", by Martin Solveig from his 2008 album C'est La Vie
- "Bottom Line", by Ratt from their 1988 album Reach for the Sky
- "Bottom Line", by Raven from their 1985 album Stay Hard
- "Bottom Line", by Swollen Members from their 2003 album Heavy
- "Bottom Line", by the 77s from their 1987 album The 77s
- "The Bottom Line", by Alanis Morissette, a demo for 1995's Jagged Little Pill
- "The Bottom Line", by Big Audio Dynamite from their 1985 debut This Is Big Audio Dynamite
- "The Bottom Line", by David Lee Roth from his 1988 album Skyscraper
- "The Bottom Line", by Depeche Mode from their 1997 album Ultra
Other uses[edit]
- Bottom Line Inc., an American publisher of books, newsletters and web articles
- The Bottom Line (venue), a performance venue in New York City's Greenwich Village from 1974 to 2004
- Bottom line, the "tail-female" line of descent (traced only through females), reflecting that line's position at the bottom of tabulated pedigrees in horse breeding
See also[edit]
- Bottom line mentality, in psychology
- "Land of the Bottom Line", by John Gorka from his 1990 album Land of the Bottom Line
- Double bottom line, a business term used in socially responsible enterprise and investment
- Triple bottom line, a business term used in measuring organizational (and societal) success: economic, environmental and social
- BLUF (communication) (bottom line up front)