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Definition of Loss

1. Noun. Something that is lost. "Loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"

2. Noun. Gradual decline in amount or activity. "A serious loss of business"

3. Noun. The act of losing someone or something. "Everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"

4. Noun. The disadvantage that results from losing something. "Losing him is no great deprivation"

5. Noun. The experience of losing a loved one. "He sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"

6. Noun. The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue. "The company operated in the red last year"

7. Noun. Military personnel lost by death or capture.

8. Noun. Euphemistic expressions for death. "Thousands mourned his passing"

Definition of Loss

1. n. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.

Definition of Loss

1. Noun. an instance of losing, such as a defeat ¹

2. Noun. something that is lost ¹

3. Noun. the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone ¹

4. Noun. (context: plural) casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict ¹

5. Noun. (context: financial) the sum an entity loses on balance ¹

6. Noun. destruction, ruin ¹

7. Noun. (context: engineering) electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loss

1. the act of one that loses [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loss

loseth loseyite losh losin' losing losing count losing face losing it losing streaks losing the plot

losing track losingest losingly losings loss (current term) loss-making loss cone loss function loss functions loss leader

loss leaders loss of consciousness loss of consortium loss of face loss of heterozygosity loss of life loss ratio losses lossful

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