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LOSS

Definition:

1. [noun] the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
   
   
2. [noun] something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"
   
   
3. [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"
   Synonyms: red ink, red
   
   
4. [noun] gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business"
   
   
5. [noun] the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
   Synonyms: deprivation
   
   
6. [noun] military personnel lost by death or capture
   Synonyms: personnel casualty
   
   
7. [noun] the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"
   
   
8. [noun] euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
   Synonyms: passing, departure, exit, expiration, going, release
   
   

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Related Words:

• capitulation, fall, surrender
• forfeit, forfeiture
• financial loss
• sacrifice
• wastage
• paper loss
• squeeze
• epilation
• reducing
• wound, injury, combat injury
• sacrifice

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