Look up: loss

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   loss
   [n] - gradual decline in amount or activity 2. [n] - something that is lost 3. [n] - the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue 4. [n] - the experience of losing a loved one 5. [n] - the disadvantage that results from losing something 6. [n] - the act of losing
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   Loss
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   Loss
   The net summation of damage and personal injury resulting from an accident.
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   Loss
   Loss or damage occurring to an insured property.
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   LOSS
   Attenuation of an optical signal, usually measured in dB.
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   loss
   In business, the opposite of profit, when revenues are less than costs. ...
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   loss
   (jargon) Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in which something is losing. Emphatic forms include 'moby loss', and 'total loss', 'complete loss'. Common interjections are 'What a loss!' and 'What a moby loss!' Note that 'moby loss' is OK even though **'moby loser' is not used; applied to an abstract noun, moby is simply a magnifier,...
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   loss
   the happening of the event specified in the policy Category: Insurance • the excess of all the costs and expenses over the income from a transaction or over a period Category: Commerce - movement of goods • the difference between the input power and the output power of a device Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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   Loss
   A loss arises when the income or proceeds received are less than the expenses or cost. There are detailed rules on how tax relief can be claimed on losses.
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    loss
    A loss arises when the income or proceeds received are less than the expenses or cost. There are detailed rules on how tax relief can be claimed on losses.
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    Loss
    Definition (keystage 2) How much money is lost by buying something and then selling it at a lower price; for instance if a shopkeeper buys a pound of apples for £1 and sells them for 70p, a loss of 30p has been made.
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    Loss
    Loss (lŏs; 115) noun [ Anglo-Saxon los loss, losing, from leósan to lose. √127. See Lose , transitive verb ] 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.»
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    loss
    deprivation noun the disadvantage that results from losing something; `his loss of credibility led to his resignation`; `losing him is no great deprivation`
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    loss
    noun the act of losing; `everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock`
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    loss
    red ink 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`
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    loss
    noun gradual decline in amount or activity; `weight loss`; `a serious loss of business`
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    Loss
    `Loss` may refer to: * A negative difference between retail price and cost of production * Loss (baseball), a pitching statistic in baseball * Attenuation, a reduction in amplitude and intensity of a signal *In telecommunications, loss is a decrease in signal in a communications system: ** Angular misalignment loss, power loss caused by the deviation from optimum angular alignment ** Bridging loss, the loss that results when an impedance is con...
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    Loss
    The opposite of gain.
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    loss
    (laws) the amount by which a quantity or group is diminished; something that escapes from its owner's possession. insensible loss , insensible water loss the amount of fluid lost on a daily basis from the lungs, skin, and respiratory tract, as well as water excreted in th...
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    Loss
    • (v. t.) The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel. • (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. • (v. t.) The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, ...
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    Loss
    - Excess of EXPENDITURES over REVENUE for a period or activity. Also, for tax purposes, an excess of basis over the amount realized in a transaction. (See NET INCOME.)
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    Loss
    Consequences of a defect or failure, expressed in terms of costs, injuries, loss of life, etc.
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    loss
    
    1. the act of losing
    2. something that is lost
    3. the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
    4. gradual decline in amount or activity
    5. the disadvantage that results from losing something
    6. military personnel lost by death or capture
    7. the experience of losing a loved one
    8. euphemistic expressions for death
    
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