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(being in) the black
  1. 1 (being in) the black, surplus
  2. 2 black letter
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • We are in the black this month.

  • That publishing company is in the black.

  • Our surplus has swelled by nearly ten percent in this quarter.

  • Japan's balance of payments has been running a huge surplus for many years.

  • The trade balance registered a surplus of $76 billion, with exports reaching $314 billion and imports $238 billion.

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