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  • 1Loss 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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  • 2loss — [ lɔs ] noun *** ▸ 1 no longer having something ▸ 2 having less than before ▸ 3 failure to win race etc. ▸ 4 money lost ▸ 5 death of someone ▸ 6 sadness from death/loss ▸ 7 disadvantage from loss ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count or uncount the state of not …

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  • 3loss — 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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  • 4Loss given default (LGD) — Loss Given Default or LGD is a common parameter in Risk Models and also a parameter used in the calculation of Economic Capital or Regulatory Capital under Basel II for a banking institution. This is an attribute of any exposure on bank s… …

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  • 5Loss mitigation — [http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/nsc/lmmltrs.cfm [Loss Mitigation Policy Guidance] ] is used to describe a third party helping a homeowner, a division within a bank that mitigates the loss of the bank, or a firm that handles the process of… …

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  • 6What Katy Did — redirects here. For the song by The Libertines, see The Libertines (album). infobox Book | < See Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject Books > name = What Katy Did orig title = translator = image caption = First edition cover&#8230; …

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  • 7Loss of significance — is an undesirable effect in calculations using floating point arithmetic. It occurs when an operation on two numbers increases relative error substantially more than it increases absolute error, for example in subtracting two large and nearly&#8230; …

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  • 8What the Dead Know — is a crime thriller by Laura Lippman published in 2007. [Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know , William Morrow, 2007. ISBN 10 0061128856, ISBN 13 978 0061128851.] The story, set in Baltimore in 2005, is about an investigation into a woman who claims …

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  • 9loss|mak|er — «LS MAY kuhr, LOS », noun. British. a business or industry that shows consistent losses or deficits: »What happens, when two companies, both lossmakers, merge into one? The answer, as often as not, is one big lossmaker (Manchester Guardian&#8230; …

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  • 10loss — [[t]lɒ̱s, AM lɔ͟ːs[/t]] ♦♦ losses 1) N VAR: usu with supp Loss is the fact of no longer having something or having less of it than before. ...loss of sight... The loss of income for the government is about $250 million a month. ...hair loss...&#8230; …

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