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river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeastern Asia rising in central Yunnan, China, and flowing southeast to the Red River in northern Vietnam
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Synonyms: Adjective
ebony, pitch-black, pitch-dark, pitchy, raven, sable
Synonyms: Noun
blackness, candlelight, dark, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbra
Antonyms: Adjective
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blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness
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a little black dress blends into the night very wellNoun
The wall was painted in black. a mixture of grays and blacks She was dressed in black.Verb
He blacked his boots with polish. Labor union members have blacked the company.
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This myth and the fear behind it is a tactic used by the NRA leadership to try to boil the issue down into black-or-white terms; according to them, either everyone gets a gun with no restrictions whatsoever or nobody does. — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, "The Biggest Gun Violence Myths Debunked," 28 May 2019 The black-and-white post first shows Miranda holding and kissing the cutest little pooch. — Blair Donovan, Country Living, "Miranda Lambert Shared a Rare Photo of Husband Brendan McLoughlin 'At the Farm'," 26 May 2019 The black-and-red leather scheme here is the standard offering, although Rolls-Royce can change it up for an additional cost. — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, "Just Watch How This Rolls-Royce Champagne Case Cracks Open," 22 May 2019 Federal data shows similar percentages of white and black people use marijuana. — Jennifer Peltz, The Seattle Times, "Pot ‘legalization 2.0’: Social equity becomes a key question," 20 May 2019 Meghan and Harry's @sussexroyal Instagram account shared a black-and-white version of the image, while @theroyalfamily, the royal family's main handle, opted for full color. — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, "Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip Meet Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in New Instagram Post," 8 May 2019 The Edition 35 Years does get an M Sport exhaust system with tailpipes finished in black chrome. — Daniel Golson, Car and Driver, "The 2020 BMW M5 Edition 35 Years Has Insane Gold Interior Trim," 16 May 2019 Granite comes in a wide array of colors: vibrant blues and variegated browns, to midnight black, deep red and mottled white. — Joe Lindsey, Popular Mechanics, "The Best Countertop Materials," 9 May 2019 Everything is pretty much black, white, navy, or gray—super easy to switch in and out of. — Marina Liao, Marie Claire, "What I Wear to Work: Rachel Krupa, Founder of Krupa Consulting and The Goods Mart," 6 May 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Of the suspects charged with manslaughter or murder, 42% are black and 58% are white. — Sara Jean Green, The Seattle Times, "King County homicides in 2018: troubling trends in homeless cases, random killings," 13 Apr. 2019 About 2,600 inmates, the majority of whom are black, would be eligible to petition for release. — Ken Thomas, WSJ, "Bernie Sanders’s Presidential Do-Over Hinges on Better Results in the South," 21 Jan. 2019 The color is actually a deep black with a red shimmer. — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, "Hailee Steinfeld’s Chocolate Brown Manicure Was Made for Fall," 8 Oct. 2018 The bottom of the trench is pitch black, cut off from natural sunlight. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "What Would Happen If We Nuked the Bottom of the Ocean?," 23 July 2018 Also, blacks in particular don’t always feel Boston is welcoming. — Liz Kowalczyk, BostonGlobe.com, "At top hospitals, department chiefs still overwhelmingly white, male," 10 July 2018 According to a 2014 report by Portland State University and the local Coalition of Communities of Color, blacks in Multnomah County, which includes Portland, lagged behind whites in key economic and social indicators. — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, "In Portland, a neighborhood designs its own solution to displacement," 26 June 2018 With the power out and cooling systems failing, volatile organic peroxides exploded multiple times over the course of a week, producing towering pillars of fire and thick plumes of black smoke. — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, "Arkema officials were warned of flood risks a year before Hurricane Harvey," 24 May 2018 Grace Elizabeth transforms from a punk bride clad in black to a dreamy romantic in swaths of ruffles. — Carine Roitfeld, Harper's BAZAAR, "The modern bride is a rebel, a romantic, a maverick, a mother–and so much more.," 2 Apr. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Reddington recalled blacking in and out as someone called 911 for help. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Man accidentally shot by FBI agent in a Denver nightclub recalls bizarre incident," 10 June 2018 Reddington recalled blacking in and out as someone called 911 for help. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Man accidentally shot by FBI agent in a Denver nightclub recalls bizarre incident," 10 June 2018 Reddington recalled blacking in and out as someone called 911 for help. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Man accidentally shot by FBI agent in a Denver nightclub recalls bizarre incident," 10 June 2018 The collection is available in a range of three materials in Dell’Acqua's go-to pink and black, as well as Tod’s signature brown leather. — Isabel Greenberg, Harper's BAZAAR, "Tod’s Is Launching Their First Factory Capsule Collection with Alessandro Dell’Acqua," 19 Nov. 2018 Reddington recalled blacking in and out as someone called 911 for help. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Man accidentally shot by FBI agent in a Denver nightclub recalls bizarre incident," 10 June 2018 Reddington recalled blacking in and out as someone called 911 for help. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Man accidentally shot by FBI agent in a Denver nightclub recalls bizarre incident," 10 June 2018 Instead, Giuliani deflects to black-on-black crime. — Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, "Turn our anger into change," 25 Nov. 2014 In other words, will black and brown doulas be displaced? — Danielle Jackson, Longreads, "A Frustrating Year of Reporting on Black Maternal Health," 14 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'black.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nounFinancial Definition of black
What It Is
Black is slang for profit. Profit, also called net income, is the amount remaining after all costs, depreciation, interest, taxes, and other expenses have been deducted from total sales. Profit is also referred to as the bottom line, net profit, or net earnings. The formula for profit is:
Total Sales - Total Expenses = Profit
Note that preferred stock dividends are typically included in the traditional net income calculation, but common stock dividends are not.
How It Works
Here is some information about Company XYZ for last year:
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Using the formula and the information above, we can calculate that Company XYZ's profit was:
$1,000,000 - $500,000 - $300,000 - $100,000 - $5,000 + $1,000 - $10,000 - $10,000 = $76,000
This means that Company XYZ made $76,000 of profit last year. It was “in the black.”
Why It Matters
Philosophically speaking, being in the black is what motivates industry, entrepreneurship, and innovation. It is the very thing that enables people to feed themselves, clothe their families, create jobs, and set money aside for the future. It is not a vice, but rather an incentive to dream, take risks, and try harder. As Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, put it, "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”
In the retail industry, companies often don’t become profitable until the fourth quarter, when Christmas shopping begins. This is the source of the term “Black Friday.”
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