loss
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1.1
- noun
- /lɔs/
- We evaluated the loss of specimens over time in private collections and small museums.
- blood loss
- loss of property
- compensate for loss
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Watch on YouTubeSo there's the value of your time and the loss of valuable opportunities.
- So there's the value of your time and the loss of valuable opportunities.
- Just sort of how much loss there is from one natural event.
- It'll take quite a while to recover that kind of loss with fuel savings.
- All of these have been reported to cause hair loss in women taking birth control pills.
- They found a decrease in matterosis, which is the loss of eyelashes.
- Any of those things will cause this temporary hair loss that you may be experiencing right now.
- The other is a loss of the signals that turn inflammation off.
Examples
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Their fear is straightforward: the loss of party control over the generals and their troops.
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Mourning for the loss of Stubb.
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It's the waste that gets me, the loss of one more living creature.
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Avoided costs for groups of special interest due to the loss of property or damaged infrastructure.
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The hotel is not responsible for the loss of personal valuables.
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For forests, it was only the loss of immediate and future timber values.
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So there's the value of your time and the loss of valuable opportunities.
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In addition, natural disasters often result in loss of shelter, with profound implications for economics and psychological well-being.
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He overcame the loss of his entire family, his mom and his brother when he was 10, his father before he got to high school, he got over that.
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The sudden loss of income forced him to reconsider his spending habits.
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2.6
A situation when a person no longer has a job because of company problems or a weak economy
- Specialized
7
5.3
A short time when a person is not aware of what is around them and does not respond
- Literature
4
4.4
Strong happy feelings for someone and the sadness that comes when they leave
2
4.1
A report that shows how much money a company made and spent during a period
- Specialized
2
6.0
A loss when you sell something like a house or stock for less than you paid
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2
7.0
The part of customer payments for insurance paid out as claims in a period
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1
6.1
A fall in an investment's value that is only on paper because you have not sold it
- Specialized
1
5.8
An instruction to automatically sell shares when their price falls to a set level to limit loss
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1
5.3
Hearing loss from damage to the inner ear or the nerve that sends sound to the brain
- Specialized
1
4.1
Sound cannot pass through the middle ear to reach the inner ear, causing hearing loss
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4.7
A report made at the end of a business year that shows its profit or loss
- Specialized
When a computer system or program forgets what it learned after training on new data
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Etymology
Loss comes from an old English word los and the verb lose, so a loss of items after an accident or theft is just the things you have 'lost' or no longer have.