The term 'bottom line number' refers to a financial figure that represents the TOTAL amount of PROFIT or loss for a business. This figure is often used to measure the success of a business and can be calculated by adding up the TOTAL revenue and subtracting the TOTAL expenses. The crossword solutions for this term are PROFIT (6 letters), TOTAL (5 letters), and SUM (3 letters). All three words refer to the same concept, which is the TOTAL amount of money that a business has made or lost.