Although gross margin was reduced up front, the bottom line impact of avoiding all the costly end-of-season retail returns actually improved the company's bottom line.

虽然在最前面总利润会下降，但是避免所有季末零售退货影响的底线实际上会提高公司的底线。

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When people talk about the bottom line, they generally mean net profit margin — the money the company earns after paying all its expenses, interest, and taxes.

当人们谈论账本底线的时候，他们的意思通常是净利润率——扣除所有费用、利息和税金之后公司所赚的钱。

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Notice how the top margin of the second paragraph is extended vertically to meet the bottom margin of the previous paragraph.

请注意第二个段落的上边框是如何垂直扩展以便与前一段落的底边框相接的。

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Not exactly--Nortel was looking at shedding the low-margin bottom of its optical-components business, saving the jazziest lines for itself.

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However, our gross margin and bottom line have been impacted by worse than anticipated market conditions and inventory provisions.

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And it had a comfortable eight point margin over the bottom three relegated clubs.

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