losses

Noun

Meaning

something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

death loss tol debt deficit toll damages disappearance casualty misplacement red ink penalties forgetting losings

Antonyms

earnings emolument wages lucre cash flow

Hypernyms

financial loss

Phrases with the word

job losses heavy losses employment losses gains and losses calculate gains and losses losses and gains

Anagrams

sossle

Examples

Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long. Robert Jordan

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. Joseph Addison

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. Thomas Jefferson

The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable. Ethiopian Proverb

Gifts are often losses. Italian Proverb

One coin saved, a hundred losses. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

lossage Lossen rearrangement lossenite losses and gains lossful Lossie