ALL meanings of loss
loss
L l - noun loss The fact or process of losing something or someone. 1
- noun loss detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery. 1
- noun loss something that is lost: The painting was the greatest loss from the robbery. 1
- noun loss an amount or number lost: The loss of life increased each day. 1
- noun loss the state of being deprived of or of being without something that one has had: the loss of old friends. 1
- noun loss death, or the fact of being dead: to mourn the loss of a grandparent. 1
- noun loss the accidental or inadvertent losing of something dropped, misplaced, stolen, etc.: to discover the loss of a document. 1
- noun loss a losing by defeat; failure to win: the loss of a bet. 1
- noun loss failure to make good use of something, as time; waste. 1
- noun loss failure to preserve or maintain: loss of engine speed at high altitudes. 1
- noun loss destruction or ruin: the loss of a ship by fire. 1
- noun loss a thing or a number of related things that are lost or destroyed to some extent: Most buildings in the burned district were a total loss. 1
- noun loss Military. the losing of soldiers by death, capture, etc. Often, losses. the number of soldiers so lost. 1
- noun loss Insurance. occurrence of an event, as death or damage of property, for which the insurer makes indemnity under the terms of a policy. 1
- noun loss Electricity. a measure of the power lost in a system, as by conversion to heat, expressed as a relation between power input and power output, as the ratio of or difference between the two quantities. 1
- idioms loss at a loss, at less than cost; at a financial loss. in a state of bewilderment or uncertainty; puzzled; perplexed: We are completely at a loss for an answer to the problem. 1
- noun Technical meaning of 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, whereas when applied to a person it implies substance and has positive connotations. Compare lossage. 1
- noun loss deprivation 1
- noun loss financial 1
- noun loss failure to win 1
- noun loss absence 1
- noun loss missed opportunity 1
- noun loss insurance 1
- noun loss number, amount lost 1
- noun loss condition 1
- noun loss military: defeat 1
- noun loss bereavement 1
- noun loss misplacing sth 1
- variable noun loss Loss is the fact of no longer having something or having less of it than before. 0
- variable noun loss Loss of life occurs when people die. 0
- uncountable noun loss The loss of a relative or friend is their death. 0
- variable noun loss If a business makes a loss, it earns less than it spends. 0
- uncountable noun loss Loss is the feeling of sadness you experience when someone or something you like is taken away from you. 0
- countable noun loss A loss is the disadvantage you suffer when a valuable and useful person or thing leaves or is taken away. 0
- uncountable noun loss The loss of something such as heat, blood, or fluid is the gradual reduction of it or of its level in a system or in someone's body. 0
- noun loss the act or an instance of losing 0
- noun loss the disadvantage or deprivation resulting from losing 0
- noun loss the person, thing, or amount lost 0
- noun loss military personnel lost by death or capture 0
- noun loss the amount by which the costs of a business transaction or operation exceed its revenue 0
- noun loss a measure of the power lost in an electrical system expressed as the ratio of or difference between the input power and the output power 0
- noun loss an occurrence of something that has been insured against, thus giving rise to a claim by a policyholder 0
- noun loss the amount of the resulting claim 0
- noun loss a losing or being lost 0
- noun loss an instance of this 0
- noun loss the damage, trouble, disadvantage, deprivation, etc. caused by losing something 0
- noun loss any reduction, lessening, etc. 0
- noun loss any reduction of heat energy, electrical energy, etc. in a system, esp. the reduction of power, voltage, or current in a circuit due to the resistance of the components 0
- noun loss death, injury, damage, etc. that is the basis for a valid claim for indemnity under the terms of an insurance policy 0
- noun loss the amount paid by the insurer on this basis 0