SkyfireDict

loss   (TTS Sound)

The noun loss has 8 senses

• loss -- (something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt")


• loss -- (gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business")


• loss -- (the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock")


• loss, deprivation -- (the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation")


• loss -- (the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather")


• loss, red ink, red -- (the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year")


• personnel casualty, loss -- (military personnel lost by death or capture)


• passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release -- (euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing")