loss | the act of losing someone or something, everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock |
rent rip split | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something, he gave the envelope a vigorous rip |
drawing card loss leader leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
loss deprivation | the disadvantage that results from losing something, his loss of credibility led to his resignation, losing him is no great deprivation |
amnesia memory loss blackout | partial or total loss of memory, he has a total blackout for events of the evening |
stop order stop-loss order | an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level |
loss | the experience of losing a loved one, he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather |
passing loss departure exit expiration going release | euphemistic expressions for death, thousands mourned his passing |
personnel casualty loss | military personnel lost by death or capture |
loss of consciousness | the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond |
rip rent snag split tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart, there was a rip in his pants, she had snags in her stockings |
rent collector | a person who goes from house to house collecting rents for the owner |
car rental hire car rent-aar self-drive u-drive you-drive | a rented car, she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel |
paper loss | an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost |
rent | a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service |
ground rent | payment for the right to occupy and improve a piece of land |
peppercorn rent | very low or nominal rent |
rack rent | an extortionate rent |
economic rent rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions |
capital loss | the amount by which the purchase price of an asset exceeds the selling price, the loss is realized when the asset is sold |
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 |
loss | something that is lost, the car was a total loss, loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt |
financial loss | loss of money or decrease in financial value |
income statement earnings report operating statement profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period |
profit and loss profit and loss account | an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss |
loss | gradual decline in amount or activity, weight loss, a serious loss of business |
loss ratio | the ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums received |
deafness hearing loss | partial or complete loss of hearing |
conductive hearing loss conduction deafness middle-ear deafness | hearing loss due to problems with the bones of the middle ear |
sensorineural hearing loss nerve deafness | hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve |
lease rent hire charter engage take | engage for service under a term of contract, We took an apartment on a quiet street, Let's rent a car, Shall we take a guide in Rome? |
lease let rent | grant use or occupation of under a term of contract, I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners |
hire out rent out farm out | grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee, We rent out our apartment to tourists every year, He hired himself out as a cook |
lose turn a loss | fail to make money in a business, make a loss or fail to profit, I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!, The company turned a loss after the first year |
rent lease | let for money, We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad |
rent hire charter lease | hold under a lease or rental agreement, of goods and services |
rent-free | complimentary, without payment of rent, with the job came a rent-free apartment |
at a loss(p) nonplused nonplussed puzzled | filled with bewilderment, at a loss to understand those remarks, puzzled that she left without saying goodbye |
rent-free | without paying rent, I can live here rent-free |
at a loss | below cost, sold the car at a loss |