An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
LOSSES
losings, losses
(noun) something lost (especially money lost at gambling)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
losses
plural of loss
Anagrams
• less so, sossle
Source: Wiktionary
LOSS
Loss, n. Etym: [AS. los loss, losing, fr. leĂłsan 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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