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"the company operated at a loss last year"nounthe amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenueOpposite:type of:
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nounmilitary personnel lost by death or capture
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"his loss of credibility led to his resignation"nounthe disadvantage that results from losing something
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nouneuphemistic expressions for death
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"weight loss" "a serious loss of business"noungradual decline in amount or activitytype of:
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"the car was a total loss" "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"nounsomething that is lost
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"everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"nounthe act of losing someone or somethingtype of:
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"he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"nounthe experience of losing a loved onetype of:
Definition that contains loss
- damage loss of military equipment
- failure loss of ability to function normally
- paralysis loss of the ability to move a body part
- puncture loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
- anesthesia loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
- reducing loss of excess weight (as by dieting); becoming slimmer
- peeling loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales
- default loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
- default loss due to not showing up
- shedding loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales