LOSS

loss

(noun) the act of losing someone or something; “everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock”

loss, deprivation

(noun) the disadvantage that results from losing something; “his loss of credibility led to his resignation”; “losing him is no great deprivation”

loss

(noun) the experience of losing a loved one; “he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather”

passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release

(noun) euphemistic expressions for death; “thousands mourned his passing”

loss, red ink, red

(noun) the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; “the company operated at a loss last year”; “the company operated in the red last year”

loss

(noun) something that is lost; “the car was a total loss”; “loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt”

loss

(noun) gradual decline in amount or activity; “weight loss”; “a serious loss of business”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

loss (countable and uncountable, plural losses)

(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.

Antonym: gain

(uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.

(countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.

(countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.

Antonyms: win, victory

(countable) The death of a person or animal.

(uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.

(financial, countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.

Antonym: profit

(engineering) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.

Usage notes

• The possessive of loss is often constructed as loss of rather than 's loss.

• loss is often the subject of the verbs make or take. See Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Etymology 2

Verb

loss

(colloquial) Alternative spelling of lost

Anagrams

• SOLs, Sols, sols

Source: Wiktionary

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Loss, n. Etym: [AS. los loss, losing, fr. leósan to lose. Lose, v. t.]

1. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. Assured loss before the match be played. Shak.

2. The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing. Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss. Shak

3. 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.

4. The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.

5. Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.

6. Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.

7. (Mil.)

Definition: Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.

8. (Insurance)

Definition: 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. To bear a loss, to make a loss good; also, to sustain a loss without sinking under it.

– To be at a loss, to be in a state of uncertainty.

Syn.

– Privation; detriment; injury; damage.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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