loss : Idioms & Phrases

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at a loss

  • adjective satellite filled with bewilderment
    nonplused; nonplussed; puzzled.
    • at a loss to understand those remarks
    • puzzled that she left without saying goodbye
  • adverb below cost
    • sold the car at a loss
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capital loss

  • noun the amount by which the purchase price of an asset exceeds the selling price; the loss is realized when the asset is sold
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conductive hearing loss

  • noun hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear
    conduction deafness; middle-ear deafness.
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financial loss

  • noun loss of money or decrease in financial value
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hearing loss

  • noun partial or complete loss of hearing
    deafness.
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loss leader

  • noun a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers
    drawing card; leader.
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loss of consciousness

  • noun the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond
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loss ratio

  • noun the ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums received
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memory loss

  • noun partial or total loss of memory
    amnesia; blackout.
    • he has a total blackout for events of the evening
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paper loss

  • noun an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost
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profit and loss

  • noun an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss
    profit and loss.
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profit and loss account

  • noun an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss
    profit and loss.
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profit-and-loss statement

  • noun a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period
    earnings report; income statement; operating statement.
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sensorineural hearing loss

  • noun hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve
    nerve deafness.
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stop-loss order

  • noun an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
    stop order.
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To be at a loss

  • to be in a state of uncertainty.
Webster 1913

To bear a loss

  • to make a loss good; also, to sustain a loss without sinking under it.
Webster 1913

turn a loss

  • verb fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
    lose.
    • I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
    • The company turned a loss after the first year
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