A red ink entry is an accounting term used to describe a financial statement that shows a negative balance. The four crossword solutions for the term are DEBT (4 letters), LOSS (4 letters), DEBIT (5 letters), and NETLOSS (7 letters). DEBT is an amount of money owed by one party to another, while loss is the opposite of gain or profit. DEBIT is an accounting term that refers to an entry on the left side of an account, and netloss is the difference between total debits and total credits.