loss-making

  • 1loss-making — ˈloss ˌmaking adjective FINANCE a loss making product or business activity is one that does not make a profit: • Loss making, state owned businesses will be sold off. loss maker noun [countable] : • The plant has long been a loss maker for Volvo …

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  • 2loss-making — UK US adjective business a loss making company does not make a profit Thesaurus: not providing profitsynonym * * * ˈloss making [loss making] adjective …

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  • 3loss-making — loss .making adj [only before noun] especially BrE a loss making product or business does not make any money ≠ ↑profit making, profitable ↑profitable ▪ The company has sold many of its loss making businesses to cut debts …

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  • 4loss-making — loss mak|ing [ lɔs ,meıkıŋ ] adjective a loss making company does not make a profit …

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  • 5loss-making — UK / US adjective business a loss making company does not make a profit …

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  • 6loss-maker — loss making ˈloss ˌmaking adjective FINANCE a loss making product or business activity is one that does not make a profit: • Loss making, state owned businesses will be sold off. loss maker noun [countable] : • The plant has long been a loss… …

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  • 7loss — W1S2 [lɔs US lo:s] n [: Old English; Origin: los destruction ] 1.) [U and C] the fact of no longer having something, or of having less of it than you used to have, or the process by which this happens loss of ▪ The court awarded Ms Dixon £7,000… …

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  • 8loss — /lɒs/ noun 1. the state or process of not having something any more ♦ loss of customers not keeping customers because of bad service, high prices, etc. ♦ loss of an order not getting an order which was expected ♦ the company suffered a loss of… …

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  • 9loss — /lɒs/ noun 1. not having something any more ♦ loss of customers not keeping customers because of bad service, high prices, etc. ♦ loss of an order not getting an order which was expected ♦ the company suffered a loss of market penetration the… …

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  • 10Loss of chance in English law — refers to a particular problem of causation, which arises in tort and contract. The law is invited to assess hypothetical outcomes, either affecting the claimant or a third party, where the defendant s breach of contract or of the duty of care… …

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