| loss | the act of losing someone or something, everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock |
| total hysterectomy | surgical removal of the uterus and cervix |
| actual sin | a sin committed of your own free will (as contrasted with original sin) |
| actual possession | (law) immediate and direct physical control over property |
total parenteral nutrition
TPN
hyperalimentation | administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava, used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes |
| actual eviction | the physical ouster of a tenant from the leased premises, the tenant is relieved of any further duty to pay rent |
drawing card
loss leader
leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
sum
total
totality
aggregate | the whole amount |
heat content
total heat
enthalpy
H | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure, enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work |
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 |
| grand total | the sum of the sums of several groups of numbers |
sum amount
total | a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers |
| total depravity | the Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin |
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 |
| total eclipse | an eclipse as seen from a place where the eclipsed body is completely obscured |
| loss of consciousness | the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond |
sum
summation
sum total | the final aggregate, the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered |
| paper loss | an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost |
actual damages
compensatory damages
general damages | (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated |
| 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 |
total darkness
lightlessness
blackness
pitch blackness
black | total absence of light, they fumbled around in total darkness, in the black of night |
global aphasia
total aphasia | loss of all ability to communicate |
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 |
| total | damage beyond the point of repair, My son totaled our new car, the rock star totals his guitar at every concert |
b total
tot
tot up
sum
sum up summate
tote up
add
add together
tally
add up
a | determine the sum of, Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town |
| 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 |
total
number
add up come amount | add up in number or quantity, The bills amounted to $,, The bill came to $, |
actual
existent | presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible, the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different, actual and imagined conditions |
| entire full total | constituting the full quantity or extent, complete, an entire town devastated by an earthquake, gave full attention, a total failure |
full
total | complete in extent or degree and in every particular, a full game, a total eclipse, a total disaster |
| actual | being or existing at the present moment, the ship's actual position is miles due south of Key West |
at a loss(p)
nonplused
nonplussed
puzzled | filled with bewilderment, at a loss to understand those remarks, puzzled that she left without saying goodbye |
| actual | taking place in reality, not pretended or imitated, we saw the actual wedding on television, filmed the actual beating |
| actual factual | existing in act or fact, rocks and trees...the actual world, actual heroism, the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced |
actual
genuine
literal
real | being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something, her actual motive, a literal solitude like a desert- G.K.Chesterton, a genuine dilemma |
| at a loss | below cost, sold the car at a loss |