above the line

English edit

above the line (not comparable)

(bridge) In the part of the score sheet in bridge that is reserved for honors, penalty, and premiums; a score that does not count towards game.
(accounting) Classified as an ordinary expense or revenue item, or a current asset.^[1]
(marketing) Having a broad reach rather than targeting a specific demographic.
(film) Who guide and influence the creative direction, process, and voice of a given narrative in a film, such as the screenwriter, producer, director, and actors.
Antonym: below the line
(television) Of expenses: paid per project to creative personnel such as writers and actors.
Antonym: below the line

^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5