asituationin which acompanyislosinga lot ofmoney:Thelinebetweenprofitabilityandredinkin abookstoreis sothinthateventhe littledecisionsareimportant.bleed/leak/spill red inkTheparentcompanyhas beenfallingapartfor severalmonths,bleedingredink, andlosingclients.the flow/tide/sea of red inkTheboomadecadeago has now given way to aseaofredink.(Definition ofred inkfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofred ink
red inkTheredinkran up into the sugar until it was red all over.FromProject GutenbergThe next step is to form the characters, commencing by tracing, or going over, a certain number that are faintly drawn inredink.FromProject GutenbergHe turned the leaves, looking with pleasure at the fine initial letters inredink.FromProject GutenbergEverybody wanted to mark his possession upon it withredink, and theseredinklines invariably interfered with one another.FromProject GutenbergA doubleredinkline ruled at the top and bottom will add a finished appearance to it.FromProject GutenbergI maintain theredinkto which you object, exactly as it stands.FromProject GutenbergHe handed me a book of pasted newspaper paragraphs, interspersed here and there inredinkwith little manuscript notes and comments.FromProject GutenbergThese should be entered briefly inredinkfrom the bottom towards the top of the page.FromProject GutenbergIt is noticeable that in every known copy the bad grammar of the printed colophon was corrected inredinkbefore it left the office.FromProject GutenbergShe dipped her pen inredinkand initialled the foot of the essay.FromProject GutenbergIt saves confusion if the vertical rulings are done inredink.FromProject GutenbergShe cannot, in any case, be identified with the mathematician who usesredink.FromProject GutenbergThere was noredinkon her report.FromProject GutenbergEach letter bears on its front, written prominently inredink, the reason of its non-delivery.FromProject GutenbergThe lawyer gave a little start in his armchair, and upset a bottle ofredink.FromProject GutenbergThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/red-ink##
