loss | the act of losing someone or something, everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock |
drawing card loss leader leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
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 |
average | an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual, he is about average in height, the snowfall this month is below average |
average norm | a statistic describing the location of a distribution, it set the norm for American homes |
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 |
Dow Jones Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing |
earned run average ERA | (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness, calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched |
grade point average GPA | a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university, calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted |
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 |
paper loss | an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost |
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 |
losings losses | something lost (especially money lost at gambling) |
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 |
batting average hitting average | (baseball) a measure of a batter's performance, the number of base hits divided by the number of official times at bat, Ted Williams once had a batting average above . |
batting average | (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds, the salesman's batting average was out of |
fielding average | (baseball) a measure of a fielder's performance, the number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances |
average | (sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities |
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 |
average average out | compute the average of |
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 |
average | achieve or reach on average, He averaged a C |
average average out | amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain, The number of hours I work per work averages out to |
average ordinary | lacking special distinction, rank, or status, commonly encountered, average people, the ordinary (or common) man in the street |
average intermediate medium | around the middle of a scale of evaluation, an orange of average size, intermediate capacity, medium bombers |
average mean(a) | approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value, the average income in New England is below that of the nation, of average height for his age, the mean annual rainfall |
median(a) average | relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values), the median value of , , and i, the median income for the year was $, |
modal(a) average | relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution, the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak i |
average fair mediocre middling | lacking exceptional quality or ability, a novel of average merit, only a fair performance of the sonata, in fair health, the caliber of the students has gone from mediocre to above average, the performance was middling at best |
at a loss(p) nonplused nonplussed puzzled | filled with bewilderment, at a loss to understand those remarks, puzzled that she left without saying goodbye |
on the average on average | typically, on average he watches three movies a week |
at a loss | below cost, sold the car at a loss |