bottom linern.

Brit.

/ˌbɒtəm ˈlʌɪnə/, U.S.

/ˌbɑdəm ˈlaɪnər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bottom line n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < bottom line n. + -er suffix¹.

1. A performer whose name appears on the bottom line of the bill advertising a particular performance, venue, etc. (typically as the second or third most important act in the programme). Cf. top-liner n., headliner n.¹ 1. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1900 Era 29 Sept. 25/3 (advt) Wanted, reliable turns, for present and future dates... Top and bottom liners having open time write me.

1917 T. Burke Twinkletoes iv. 60 Willie Wangle..was the star, but the Quayside Kids were the bottom-liners.

1918 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier & Reporter 16 Feb. 6/8 A ‘headliner’ in large type on top, a ‘middle liner’..in the middle.., and a ‘bottom liner’, also in large type at the bottom.., separated by minor league artists in small type.

1933 Variety 31 Jan. 13/3 Mary Garden and the Four Mills Bros. are the current top and bottom liners.

1969 Variety 25 June 60/1 Even when the top and bottomliners have been of disparate gender there has been a noticeable void and a silent blackout as mikes are shifted.

2. A person (typically a business executive, accountant, etc.) regarded as chiefly or only motivated by financial considerations, esp. final profits. Also more generally: a person interested only in the overall outcome or essential facts of a situation.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-seeking > one who

turn-penny1872

bottom liner1973

1973 N.Y. Times 27 May f9/5 A nation of noncritical, nonindependent thinkers, created by advertisers, are being manipulated into..a laxative dependent existence by a group of craven ‘bottom-liners’.

1980 Black Enterprise Dec. 55/1 These ‘bottom liners’ throw parties for the rich..in quest of the green lifeblood that keeps a dance company in tights and on stage.

1997 T. Clancy Acts of War vii. 49 We found the perpetrator, but what the bottom-liners on the Hill wanted to know is why didn't our intelligence resources know it was going to happen and stop it.

2011 R. Booth Death of Empire i. vi. 101 The hardest-headed of all bottom-liners, he has long studied the algorithms of supply and demand, profit and loss.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bottom liner
释义	bottom linern. Brit. /ˌbɒtəm ˈlʌɪnə/, U.S. /ˌbɑdəm ˈlaɪnər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bottom line n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < bottom line n. + -er suffix¹. 1. A performer whose name appears on the bottom line of the bill advertising a particular performance, venue, etc. (typically as the second or third most important act in the programme). Cf. top-liner n., headliner n.¹ 1. Now rare. ΚΠ 1900 Era 29 Sept. 25/3 (advt) Wanted, reliable turns, for present and future dates... Top and bottom liners having open time write me. 1917 T. Burke Twinkletoes iv. 60 Willie Wangle..was the star, but the Quayside Kids were the bottom-liners. 1918 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier & Reporter 16 Feb. 6/8 A ‘headliner’ in large type on top, a ‘middle liner’..in the middle.., and a ‘bottom liner’, also in large type at the bottom.., separated by minor league artists in small type. 1933 Variety 31 Jan. 13/3 Mary Garden and the Four Mills Bros. are the current top and bottom liners. 1969 Variety 25 June 60/1 Even when the top and bottomliners have been of disparate gender there has been a noticeable void and a silent blackout as mikes are shifted. 2. A person (typically a business executive, accountant, etc.) regarded as chiefly or only motivated by financial considerations, esp. final profits. Also more generally: a person interested only in the overall outcome or essential facts of a situation. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [noun] > profit-seeking > one who turn-penny1872 bottom liner1973 1973 N.Y. Times 27 May f9/5 A nation of noncritical, nonindependent thinkers, created by advertisers, are being manipulated into..a laxative dependent existence by a group of craven ‘bottom-liners’. 1980 Black Enterprise Dec. 55/1 These ‘bottom liners’ throw parties for the rich..in quest of the green lifeblood that keeps a dance company in tights and on stage. 1997 T. Clancy Acts of War vii. 49 We found the perpetrator, but what the bottom-liners on the Hill wanted to know is why didn't our intelligence resources know it was going to happen and stop it. 2011 R. Booth Death of Empire i. vi. 101 The hardest-headed of all bottom-liners, he has long studied the algorithms of supply and demand, profit and loss. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1900
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