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bad

 
 
/bæd/ noun FINANCE

Definition

to the bad if you are a particular amount of money to the bad, you have lost or owe that amount: The bank has a positive deficiency of €376,900 with a possibility of its being over half a million to the bad.
(Definition of bad noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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