Synonyms for red ink


Grammar : Noun

Top 10 synonyms for red ink Other synonyms for the word red ink

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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