financial loss
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- noun
- /faɪˈnænʃəl lɔs/
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pérdida financiera
- The company reported a significant financial loss for the last quarter due to unexpected expenses.
- incur financial losses
- suffer a financial loss
- significant financial loss
You incur some sort of financial loss.
- You incur some sort of financial loss.
Examples
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Finally, abuse leads to significant financial loss to the institution as a result of absenteeism and poorer performance.
Academic text (2001) -
Some of the debtor's creditors will have to suffer a financial loss.
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In the 25 years since I started this company from nothing, I have never posted a single financial loss.
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Show me your financial loss and then we can talk about a lawsuit.
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Before that, all news divisions operated at a financial loss.
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Your clothes, your toys, everything, though it will hardly make up for the financial losses I have suffered.
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Seven seafood processors, for example, could suffer huge financial losses even though they may not suffer any property damage.
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In fact, my only financial loss, ironically, has been my attorney's legal fees.
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QRB, we were told, was a financial loss to the publisher, and no added financial support could be granted.
Academic text (1997) -
In a class action coupon settlement, defendants often take steps to mitigate their financial losses.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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Money lost by a business or person
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a situation in which money is lost' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'financial' (related to money) with 'loss' (loss of money/value). This noun-noun/adj+noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows plain semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The phrase financial loss comes from a simple image: financial means about money and loss means something is gone, like a shopkeeper opening a money box and finding fewer coins than before. So it now means 'money lost' or 'value decreased'.