"top line" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the usual presentation of this information as a line at the top of an income statement.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Accounting",
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            "Business",
            "Economics",
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            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Total sales or revenue."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "sales",
          "sales"
        ],
        [
          "revenue",
          "revenue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(accounting) Total sales or revenue."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bottom line"
        }
      ],
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        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "revenue",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "omsætning"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "revenue",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "toplinje"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "revenue",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "omzet"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "revenue",
          "word": "liikevaihto"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "top line"
}

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    {
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          "orig": "en:Military",
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            "Society",
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            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A flag on the edge of a minefield."
      ],
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          "military"
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        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
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        [
          "minefield",
          "minefield"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) A flag on the edge of a minefield."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The line connecting individual letters in Devanagari."
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
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          "Devanagari"
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        "(linguistics) The line connecting individual letters in Devanagari."
      ],
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      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "2023 June 3, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport, Wembley Stadium",
          "text": "United are increasingly confident of signing Chelsea's England midfield man Mason Mount, while a top line striker is a pressing priority, with Tottenham's Harry Kane linked on a regular basis.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The best set of options."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "top line"
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    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_text": "From the usual presentation of this information as a line at the top of an income statement.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "bottom line"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "en:Accounting"
      ],
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        "Total sales or revenue."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "sales",
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        ],
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          "revenue",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(accounting) Total sales or revenue."
      ],
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        "accounting",
        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "revenue",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "omsætning"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "revenue",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "toplinje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "revenue",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "omzet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "revenue",
      "word": "liikevaihto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "top line"
}

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  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A flag on the edge of a minefield."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "flag",
          "flag"
        ],
        [
          "minefield",
          "minefield"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) A flag on the edge of a minefield."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "The line connecting individual letters in Devanagari."
      ],
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        "(linguistics) The line connecting individual letters in Devanagari."
      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "The best set of options."
      ],
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  ],
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}