Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

bottom line

noun, adverb

Forms bottom lines

noun (countable, uncountable, business) The final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.
noun (idiomatic) The summary or result; the most important information. “The bottom line is that there simply are not enough hours in the day to finish all there is to do.”
noun (idiomatic) A minimum acceptable result from a negotiation. “My bottom line for this job is $125,000; any less and I'll walk away.”
adverb (sentence adverb) Synonym of all in all. “Bottom line, there's no way we're coming to the family reunion, as we can't afford hotel stays and airfares right now.”

Synonyms

A reference to the literal bottom line of an income statement or other accounting record.

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