above-the-line adj 1. (Marketing) denoting entries printed above the horizontal line on a company’s profit-and-loss account separating the entries that show how the profit (or loss) was made from the entries showing how the profit is to be distributed 2. (Marketing) (of an advertising campaign) employing an advertising agency to use the press, television, radio, cinema, and posters 3. (Marketing) (in national accounts) denoting transactions concerned with revenue shown above a horizontal line that separates them from capital transactions. Compare below-the-line Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Above the line
above-the-line adj 1. (Marketing) denoting entries printed above the horizontal line on a company’s profit-and-loss account separating the entries that show how the profit (or loss) was made from the entries showing how the profit is to be distributed 2. (Marketing) (of an advertising campaign) employing an advertising agency to use the press, television, radio, cinema, and posters 3. (Marketing) (in national accounts) denoting transactions concerned with revenue shown above a horizontal line that separates them from capital transactions. Compare below-the-line Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014