losses

loss

L0255200 (lôs, lŏs)n.1. The act or an instance of losing: nine losses during the football season.2. a. One that is lost: wrote their flooded house off as a loss.b. The condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone: Her loss was made easier by the support of her friends.c. The amount of something lost: selling at a 50 percent loss.3. The harm or suffering caused by losing or being lost: The doctor's retirement is a great loss to the community.4. losses People lost in wartime; casualties.5. Destruction: The war caused incalculable loss.6. Electricity The power decrease caused by resistance in a circuit, circuit element, or device.7. The amount of a claim on an insurer by an insured.Idiom: at a loss1. Below cost: sold the merchandise at a loss.2. Perplexed; puzzled: I am at a loss to understand those remarks.

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[Middle English los, from Old English; see lose.]

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losses - something lost (especially money lost at gambling)losingsfinancial loss - loss of money or decrease in financial value

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