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   Loss

   /lôs/

   

   noun

   • 1. the fact or process of losing something or someone: "avoiding loss of time" Similar mislayingmisplacementdroppingforgettingoverlookingdeprivationdisappearancelosingprivationforfeiturewastesquanderingdissipationdiminutionerosionreductionimpoverishmentdepletionOpposite recoveryfinding
   • ▪ an amount of money lost by a business or organization: "insurance can protect you against financial loss"
   • ▪ the state or feeling of grief when deprived of someone or something of value: "I feel a terrible sense of loss"
   • ▪ a person or thing that is badly missed when lost: "he will be a great loss to many people"
   • ▪ a reduction of power within or among circuits, measured as a ratio of power input to power output.

   Word Origin Old Englishlos ‘destruction’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse los ‘breaking up of the ranks of an army’ and loose; later probably a back-formation from lost, past participle of lose.

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