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noun

Loss n.

1.

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. "Assured loss before the match be played."

2.

The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing. "Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss."

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.

4.

The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.

5.

Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.

6.

Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.

7.

(Mil.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured property.

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.

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.

Synonyms: Privation; detriment; injury; damage.

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"Loss" Quotes from Famous Books

... and releasing the now quieted horse, he thrust his hand hastily into his pocket. The jewel was gone. He declares that for a moment he felt as if he had been struck on the head by one of the hoofs of the frantic horse he had just handled. But immediately the importance of his loss and the necessity he felt for instant action restored him to himself, and shouting aloud, "I have dropped Mrs. Burton's ruby!" he begged every one to stand still while he made a ...

— Room Number 3 - and Other Detective Stories • Anna Katharine Green

... was beginning to suffer severely. A number of boats and canoes had been sunk and nearly a score of men had been killed. Many more were wounded and, despite all this loss, they had made no progress. The fire from the bank, moreover, was beginning to sting them and to stop it Adam Colfax landed more men. The increased force of the Americans on the shore served the purpose but they were still unable to force the mouth of the bayou. The schooner seemed to be fixed ...

— The Free Rangers - A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi • Joseph A. Altsheler

... Managers are deeply sensible of the loss sustained since the last meeting, in the death of their excellent First Directress, Mrs. Sarah Parkman, the last who remained at the Board, of its original members, and for the last fourteen years its presiding Officer. That ...

— A Sermon Preached on the Anniversary of the Boston Female Asylum for Destitute Orphans, September 25, 1835 • Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright

... and her mind became like a cloud in the time of a strong blast, or a dry leaf carried into the sky by a whirlwind. Others asserted that she had dared to spit upon a pawcorance[C], and for that had been punished by the Great Being with the loss of her senses. It matters little which was true, since one of them must have been; for it is only the Great Spirit who can take away the gift of reason which he bestows, and he only takes it away from ...

— Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 (of 3) • James Athearn Jones

... 1868, some of the pupils mentioned Margaret Foley, and in the hope that her hearing might have somewhat improved in the interval, her mistresses sent for her, but unfortunately, they found no change in her state. Before the loss of her hearing, she had learned to read imperfectly, consequently she knew something of the text of her catechism, but nothing more. When the period of first communion drew near, one of her mistresses, not knowing ...

— The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation • "A Religious of the Ursuline Community"

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