At+a+loss

  • 111loss */*/*/ — UK [lɒs] / US [lɔs] noun Word forms loss : singular loss plural losses 1) [countable/uncountable] the state of no longer having something because it has been taken from you or destroyed It was an ancient car anyway, so it was no great loss. job… …

    English dictionary

  • 112Loss leader — A loss leader or leader [ [http://www.bartleby.com/61/46/L0084600.html Leader] , The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition , Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.] (also called a key value item in the United Kingdom) is a …

    Wikipedia

  • 113loss — [[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...… …

    English dictionary

  • 114loss — noun 1 NO LONGER HAVING STH (C, U) the fact of no longer having something you used to have: Job losses were common in the 1980s. (+ of): a temporary loss of memory | weight/blood etc loss | rapid hair loss 2 MONEY (C, U) money that has been lost… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 115Loss aversion — In prospect theory, loss aversion refers to the tendency for people strongly to prefer avoiding losses than acquiring gains. Some studies suggest that losses are twice as powerful, psychologically, as gains.Loss aversion was first convincingly… …

    Wikipedia

  • 116Loss tangent — The loss tangent is a parameter of a dielectric material that quantifies its inherent dissipation of electromagnetic energy. The term refers to the tangent of the angle in a complex plane between the resistive (lossy) component of an… …

    Wikipedia

  • 117loss — n. 1) to inflict losses on (our forces inflicted heavy losses on the enemy) 2) (sports) to hand smb. a loss (they handed our team its first loss of the season) 3) to incur, suffer, sustain, take losses (to take heavy losses) 4) to make up, offset …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 118loss — /lɒs / (say los) noun 1. detriment or disadvantage from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery. 2. that which is lost. 3. amount or number lost. 4. a being deprived of or coming to be without something that one has had: loss …

  • 119loss — /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… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 120Loss and Gain — Infobox Book | name = Loss and Gain image caption = Title Page, 8th Ed., 1881 author = John Henry Newman country = England language = English genre = Philosophical novel, Campus novel publisher = Burns Oates pub date = 1848 Loss and Gain is a… …

    Wikipedia