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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Loss \Loss\ (l[o^]s; 115), n. [AS. los loss, losing, fr. le['i]san to lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, v. t.] 1. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. [1913 Webster] Assured loss before the match be played. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing. [1913 Webster] Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss. --Shak [1913 Webster] 3. That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to {gain} or {increase}; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable. [1913 Webster] 4. The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel. [1913 Webster] 5. Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle. [1913 Webster] 6. Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mil.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property. [1913 Webster] 8. (Insurance) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars. [1913 Webster] {To bear a loss}, to make a loss good; also, to sustain a loss without sinking under it. {To be at a loss}, to be in a state of uncertainty. Syn: Privation; detriment; injury; damage. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: loss n 1: something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt" 2: gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business" 3: the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" 4: the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation" [syn: {loss}, {deprivation}] 5: the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather" 6: 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" [syn: {loss}, {red ink}, {red}] [ant: {gain}] 7: military personnel lost by death or capture [syn: {personnel casualty}, {loss}] 8: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing" [syn: {passing}, {loss}, {departure}, {exit}, {expiration}, {going}, {release}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: loss n. Something (not a person) that loses; a situation in which something is losing. Emphatic forms include moby loss, and total loss, complete loss. Common interjections are ?What a loss!? and ?What a moby loss!? Note that moby loss is OK even though **moby loser is not used; applied to an abstract noun, moby is simply a magnifier, whereas when applied to a person it implies substance and has positive connotations. Compare {lossage}.