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loss
noun (losses )
1 the act or fact of losing or being lost.
2 the thing, amount, etc lost.
3 the disadvantage that results when someone or something goes a great loss to the company .
4 a the death of a close friend or relative the loss of his mother ;
b the sadness felt after such a death He did his best to console her in her loss .
5 in business: the position of expending more than is earned; the amount by which expenditure exceeds income profit and loss The firm suffered a record loss.
[Anglo-Saxon]
at a loss
1 puzzled; uncertain; unable to understand Her tantrums left me at a complete loss .
2 said of a selling price, etc: lower than the buying price had to sell the car at a loss .
3 said of a company, etc: losing more money than it is making trading at a loss .
at a loss for words speechless through shock, amazement, etc.
cut one's losses to stop expending resources on an undertaking that is doomed to failure.
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