losings

8.4

Money someone no longer has after gambling or bad business deals

noun
/ˈloʊzɪŋz/

: pérdidas

After a series of bad bets, his total losings for the night reached over $500.

Examples

She calculated her losings from the poker game and decided it was time to take a break.
The company's losings this quarter were greater than expected, leading to concerns about its future.
To say that I had a losing season is an understatement.

Synonyms

loss

vslosings

695 2.1

Money lost by a business or person

focuses more on gambling and failed ventures rather than formal business accounts

financial loss

vslosings

7 3.0

A situation where a person or business has less money than before

is specific to lost amounts, often from gambling or failed ventures

money down the drain

vslosings

Informal

2 4.2

Money people waste when they make a bad choice

is about lost amounts generally, not only waste from carelessness

Antonyms

gain

Specialized

559 2.3

An advantage that gives you more money or success

profits

Specialized

1 2.3

Money left after paying all costs and taxes

winnings

2.7

Money a person gets from gambling or contests

How Much

losings

8.4

loss

695 2.1

Surface Forms

losing singular

losings plural

Morphology

losings = losing (semi-transparent) = lose + ing + s

The word is a plural form built on 'losing', but the sense is somewhat lexicalized and specialized to amounts or results of loss.

Etymology

Losings is related to the common words lose and loss, which come from an old English word meaning 'to be lost'. So losings are the amounts or things you have lost, for example money lost in a game or business venture.