| loss | the act of losing someone or something, everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock |
nonprofit organization
nonprofit
not-for-profit | an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities |
drawing card
loss leader
leader | a featured article of merchandise sold at a loss in order to draw customers |
profit
gain | the advantageous quality of being beneficial |
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 |
| profit taker | someone who sells stock shares at a profit |
net income
net
net profit
lucre profit
profits earnings | the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other nonash expenses) |
| paper profit | an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price |
| paper loss | an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost |
| windfall profit | profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some event not controlled by those who profit from it |
gross profit
gross profit margin
margin | (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold |
margin of profit
profit margin
gross margin | the ratio gross profits divided by net sales |
| profit sharing | a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business |
| 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 |
profit
turn a profit | make a profit, gain money or materially, The company has not profited from the merger |
| 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 |
| profit gain benefit | derive a benefit from, She profited from his vast experience |
nonprofit
non-profit-making | not commercially motivated |
at a loss(p)
nonplused
nonplussed
puzzled | filled with bewilderment, at a loss to understand those remarks, puzzled that she left without saying goodbye |
profit-maximizing
profit-maximising | making the profit as great as possible, the profit-maximizing price |
| at a loss | below cost, sold the car at a loss |