bottom line

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˌbottom ˈline [bottom line] BrE NAmE noun singular
1. the bottom linethe most important thing that you have to consider or accept; the essential point in a discussion, etc
•The bottom line is that we have to make a decision today.
2. (business)the amount of money that is a profit or a loss after everything has been calculated
•The bottom line for 2008 was a pre-tax profit of £85 million.
•Sales last month failed to add to the company's bottom line.
3. the lowest price that sb will accept
•Two thousand— and that's my bottom line!

Example Bank:
•The bottom line for 2007 was a pre-tax profit of £85 million.