Definitions

red ink

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 below the line dead horse in hock in the hole in the red outstandings promissory note

Antonyms

STRONG

irresponsibility

WEAK

asset cash excess profit

NOUN

deficit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

loss shortfall

STRONG

arrears defalcation default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming

WEAK

dead horse due bill in hock in the hole in the red insufficience underage

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency

WEAK

excess superfluousness

NOUN

shortfall

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deficiency flaw lack loss shortage shortcoming

STRONG

arrears default defectiveness inadequacy incompleteness insufficiency

WEAK

in the hole in the red insufficience underage

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abundance enough perfection plenty success sufficiency

Example Sentences

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Screenshots the student then shared appeared to show manual marking in red ink, unlike the green tick marks used in the digital evaluation system.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The deficit in the 2025 fiscal year was $1.78 trillion, down only slightly from the prior year’s $1.82 trillion in red ink.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The red ink is mounting for companies in the business of slaughtering cattle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The company attributed most of the flood of red ink to “loss from investments,” of which more in a moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

On the table in front of Poirot was a plan of the Istanbul-Calais coach with the names of the passengers marked in in red ink.

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

red ink

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