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Olga55 Posted 17 years ago
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To pad the banks' bottom line

Hi, what's this expression in bold mean? "Hughes Anthony said the tax recommendation is not desined to pad the banks' bottom line." It's about cutting taxes for banks.

In a dictionary: to pad "to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be:"
the bottom line "the profit or the amount of money that a business makes or loses"
So in other words it would be: to encrease the banks' profit. Am I right?

  

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Hi, what's this expression in bold mean? " It's about cutting taxes for banks. In a dictionary: to pad " to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be :" the bottom line " the profit or the amount of money that a business makes or loses " So in other words it would be: to encrease the banks' profit.

— Clive

  • Hi, what's this expression in bold mean?
  • " It's about cutting taxes for banks.
  • In a dictionary: to pad " to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be :" the bottom line " the profit or the amount of money that a business makes or loses " So in other words it would be: to encrease the banks' profit.
  • Am I right?
  • Yes.
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Hi,
what's this expression in bold mean? "Hughes Anthony said the tax recommendation is not desined to pad the banks' bottom line." It's about cutting taxes for banks.

In a dictionary: to pad "to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be:"
the bottom line "the profit or the amount of money that a business makes or loses"
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