- loss
- See: AT A LOSS, THROW FOR A LOSS.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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loss — n 1: physical, emotional, or esp. economic harm or damage sustained: as a: decrease in value, capital, or amount compare gain b: an amount by which the cost of something (as goods or services) exceeds the selling price compare … Law dictionary
loss — is a generic and relative term. It signifies the act of losing or the thing lost; it is not a word of limited, hard and fast meaning and has been held synonymous with, or equivalent to, damage , damages , deprivation , detriment , injury , and… … Black's law dictionary
loss — is a generic and relative term. It signifies the act of losing or the thing lost; it is not a word of limited, hard and fast meaning and has been held synonymous with, or equivalent to, damage , damages , deprivation , detriment , injury , and… … Black's law dictionary
loss — W1S2 [lɔs US lo:s] n [: Old English; Origin: los destruction ] 1.) [U and C] the fact of no longer having something, or of having less of it than you used to have, or the process by which this happens loss of ▪ The court awarded Ms Dixon £7,000… … Dictionary of contemporary English
loss — [ lɔs ] noun *** ▸ 1 no longer having something ▸ 2 having less than before ▸ 3 failure to win race etc. ▸ 4 money lost ▸ 5 death of someone ▸ 6 sadness from death/loss ▸ 7 disadvantage from loss ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount the state of not … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Loss — may refer to:*A negative difference between retail price and cost of production *An event in which the team or individual in question did not win. *Loss (baseball), a pitching statistic in baseball *Attenuation, a reduction in amplitude and… … Wikipedia
Loss — (l[o^]s; 115), n. [AS. los loss, losing, fr. le[ o]san to lose. [root]127. See {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. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
loss — [lôs, läs] n. [ME los < pp. of losen, lesen, to LOSE] 1. a losing or being lost 2. an instance of this 3. the damage, trouble, disadvantage, deprivation, etc. caused by losing something 4. the person, thing, or amount lost 5. any reduction,… … English World dictionary
loss — (n.) O.E. los loss, destruction, from P.Gmc. *lausa (see LOSE (Cf. lose)). The modern word, however, probably evolved 14c. with a weaker sense, from lost, the original pp. of lose. Phrase at a loss (1590s) originally refers to hounds losing the… … Etymology dictionary
loss — ► NOUN 1) the fact or process of losing something or someone. 2) the feeling of grief after losing a valued person or thing. 3) a person or thing that is badly missed when lost. 4) a defeat in sport. ● at a loss Cf. ↑at a loss … English terms dictionary
løss — sb., en (en jordart), i sms. løss , fx løssaflejring … Dansk ordbog
