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Meaning of 'loss' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Loss [ v. t.]
- The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
- The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
- That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.
- The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
- Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
- Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
- Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.
- Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars.

Meaning of 'loss' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . loss [ n]
Meaning (1):
- gradual decline in amount or activity
Example in sentence:
  • a serious loss of business;
  • weight loss
Meaning (2):
- the act of losing someone or something
Example in sentence:
  • everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock
Meaning (3):
- the experience of losing a loved one
Example in sentence:
  • he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather
Meaning (4):
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
Example in sentence:
  • his loss of credibility led to his resignation;
  • losing him is no great deprivation
Meaning (5):
- something that is lost
Example in sentence:
  • loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt;
  • the car was a total loss
Meaning (6):
- the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
Example in sentence:
  • the company operated at a loss last year;
  • the company operated in the red last year
Meaning (7):
- euphemistic expressions for death
Example in sentence:
  • thousands mourned his passing

Nearby Words:

los losable losange lose losel losenger losengerie loser losing losingly

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