BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Loss
- a financial position in which the costs of an activity exceed the income derived from it
Wiktionary Definition for: Loss
- an instance of losing
- Ex:''The match ended in their first '''loss''' of the season.''
- something that is lost
- Ex:''It was written off as a '''loss'''.''
- the condition of having lost something or someone
- Ex:''We mourn his '''loss'''.''
- #(''plural'') casualties, especially in wartime
- Ex:''The battle was won, but '''losses''' were great.''
- #(''financial'') The money a company loses. The expenditures and taxes minus total income, when this difference is positive.
- # engineering power expended without doing useful work.
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- News items 2009-08-24
- Sony on Track for First Annual Loss in Years
- TOKYO (Reuters)—Japan's Sony Corp will likely suffer an annual operating loss of about $1.1 billion, its first such loss in 14 years, due to sluggish sales and a stronger yen, a person with knowledge of the matter said. Shares of Sony tumbled 9%, slicing $2 billion off its market value...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Sony may post first operating loss in 14 year
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- News items 2009-08-07
- Citigroup posts Q3 net loss of $US3.2bn
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- News items 2009-10-15
- AMD Posts Financial Loss but Sees PC Demand Increasing
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- News items 2009-10-15
- Sprint Loss Widens, But Fewer Subscribers Flee
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- News items 2009-10-29
- Sprint's Loss Widens, But Keeps More Customers
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- News items 2009-10-29
- Morgan Stanley: Hit By Another Earnings Loss, Risk Reduction Provides Hope
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- External links 2008-12-31
- Need to know: Havas bond ... BAA loss ... SAP sales weak ...
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- News items 2009-10-28
- BA Sees Improved Outlook, Swings to H1 Loss
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- News items 2009-11-06
- Breaking News: Yamaha Motor posts $A1.99b loss
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- News items 2009-11-06
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- Research articles 1991-03-04
- Anixter parent posts loss. (Itel Corp.) (Brief Article)
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- Research articles 1991-08-05
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- Research articles 2007-03-12
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- Research articles 2005-04-18
- Kmart 3Q loss grows.(Statistical Data Included)
- TROY, MI -- Kmart Corporation nearly doubled its third-quarter net loss from a year ago. The nation's second largest mass merchant reported a third-quarter 2001 net loss of $127 million, compared with a $67 million net loss from the same period in TROY,...
- Research articles 2001-12-03
- UTSTARCOM SUFFERED A USD54MN NET LOSS IN Q1
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- Research articles 2007-10-19
- Middletown, Ohio-Based Steel Maker Reports $560 Million Loss in 2003.
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- Research articles 2004-01-31
- R.G. Barry pares 1st quarter loss. (R.G. Barry Corp. )
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- Research articles 1991-05-13
- Bayard posts $5.6 million net loss
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- Research articles 1999-03-01
