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Meaning of loss

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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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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