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Losses   /lˈɔsəz/  /lˈɔsɪz/   Listen
Losses

noun
1.
Something lost (especially money lost at gambling).  Synonym: losings.


Loss

noun
1.
Something that is lost.  "Loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"
2.
Gradual decline in amount or activity.  "A serious loss of business"
3.
The act of losing someone or something.
4.
The disadvantage that results from losing something.  Synonym: deprivation.  "Losing him is no great deprivation"
5.
The experience of losing a loved one.
6.
The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue.  Synonyms: red, red ink.  "The company operated in the red last year"
7.
Military personnel lost by death or capture.  Synonym: personnel casualty.
8.
Euphemistic expressions for death.  Synonyms: departure, exit, expiration, going, passing, release.



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"Losses" Quotes from Famous Books



... hand, the German leaders have failed to realize that the destruction of men and materials in war is always a great national loss. In the case of a long war, the losses from these causes may, even for the victors, overbalance any advantage which may be secured in the way of territory or money from ...
— A School History of the Great War • Albert E. McKinley, Charles A. Coulomb, and Armand J. Gerson
... began to complain of his misfortunes, and how he had been obliged to make use of my money to recover his losses, and buy him a share in a new ship; "however, my old friend," says he, "you shall not want a supply in your necessity; and as soon as my son returns, you shall ...
— The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) • Daniel Defoe
... But their losses had been cruel. Three killed outright; three dying and eight more or less severely wounded had reduced their fighting strength to nearly thirty. The guards of the sorrels, herded in the stream bed, had all they could do to control the poor, frightened ...
— A Daughter of the Sioux - A Tale of the Indian frontier • Charles King
... the Santal explained how with his wages he was going to get fowls and then goats and then oxen and buffaloes and land and how he came to spill the basket and at that the oilman roared with laughter and said "Well I have made up the account and I find that our losses are equal, so we will cry quits;" and so saying they went ...
— Folklore of the Santal Parganas • Cecil Henry Bompas
... battle. A large force arrived to fight the Miners, Gatlings and Krupps blaze away without intermission. Losses ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 23, 1892 • Various


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