ABOVE THE LINE
\əbˌʌv ðə lˈa͡ɪn], \əbˌʌv ðə lˈaɪn], \ə_b_ˌʌ_v ð_ə l_ˈaɪ_n]\
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1. Accounting: a record used to characterize income and expenses required to run a business that affect the profit, but not the capital, of the given company. 2. Advertising: exposure through the mediums of press, radio, and television. A commission is earned for the advertising agency who handles the details of the ads for their client. This is also called below the line expense.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).