in the red

idiom

: spending and owing more money than is being earned

Apparently the company had been in the red for some time before it went out of business.

Examples of in the red in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In Europe, the regional Stoxx 600 index was 2.54% lower, with all sectors and major regional bourses trading in the red. —

Lee Ying Shan,jenni Reid, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024 Steel barricades divide the two zones, with sightseers in the red zone gathering in groups this weekend to stare into the grey zone and the handful of people still able to walk around its empty sidewalks and roads. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 July 2024 Even tech stocks found themselves in the red as they too, may be hurt more by a slowing economy, than their valuations are boosted by lower rates. —

John Melloy, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024 The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index notched the second-straight week in the red for the first time since April. —

Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for in the red

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