loss
[ laws, los ]
/ lɔs, lɒs /
noun
Idioms for loss
- at less than cost; at a financial loss.
- in a state of bewilderment or uncertainty; puzzled; perplexed: We are completely at a loss for an answer to the problem.
at a loss,
Origin of loss
OTHER WORDS FROM loss
pre·loss, nounWords nearby loss
Example sentences from the Web for loss
British Dictionary definitions for loss
loss
/ (lɒs) /
noun
Word Origin for loss
C14: noun probably formed from
lost, past participle of
losen to perish, from Old English
lōsian to be destroyed, from
los destruction
Idioms and Phrases with loss
loss
see at a loss; cut one's losses; dead loss.