losses

Thân thiện

The company reported significant losses this quarter.

Definition

Noun: 1. The fact or process of losing something or someone: "Losses" refers to the instances or the overall amount of something that is lost, typically permanently. 2. A financial deficit; money or value that has been spent or diminished without adequate return: Specifically, "losses" often denotes the amount of money a person or organization loses, especially in business, investment, or gambling.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The company reported heavy losses this quarter. (The company stated it lost a large amount of money this financial period.)
  • The army suffered significant losses during the battle. (The army experienced a high number of casualties and material damage.)
  • His gambling losses left him in debt. (The money he lost while gambling resulted in him owing money.)

Advanced Usage

• "to cut one's losses": to stop doing something that is causing you to lose money or resources, in order to prevent further loss.
  • After the project failed to attract customers, the investors decided to cut their losses.
• "to be written off as a loss": to accept that something (usually money or an asset) is gone and cannot be recovered, and to account for it financially.
  • The damaged inventory had to be written off as a loss.

Variants and Related Words

• Loss (n): The singular form, referring to a single instance or the general concept of losing.
  • The loss of her passport caused a major delay.
• Lose (v): The verb from which "loss" and "losses" are derived.
  • Try not to lose your keys.

Synonyms

• Deficits: The amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.
• Depletions: Reduction in the number or quantity of something.
• Casualties (in a military or accident context): Persons killed or injured.

Related Phrases

• At a loss: Uncertain or confused about what to do or say; also, selling something for less than it cost.
  • I was at a loss for words when I heard the news.
  • They sold the house at a loss.

Notes on Meaning

The word "losses" is inherently plural. It aggregates individual instances of loss ("a loss") into a collective total. Its most common contexts are financial (business, gambling) and human (casualties in conflict). It emphasizes the cumulative negative outcome.

Học thuật

Noun

1. something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

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