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Sales began to fall and the company suffered its first quarterly loss.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
loss — The opposite of gain. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * loss loss [lɒs ǁ lɒːs] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] the fact of no longer having something that you used to have, or having less of it: • loss of earnings through illness ˈjob loss… … Financial and business terms
loss — noun 1 losing of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ appreciable, considerable, significant, substantial ▪ dramatic, great, huge, major, serious … Collocations dictionary
Loss 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
quarterly — adj. Quarterly is used with these nouns: ↑conference, ↑dividend, ↑earnings, ↑instalment, ↑journal, ↑loss, ↑magazine, ↑meeting, ↑profit, ↑report, ↑sale … Collocations dictionary
operate, run at a loss — operate, run, etc. at a loss ► FINANCE, COMMERCE to fail to make a profit in a business: »Of the 235 large industrial projects, 46 are running at a loss. → Compare GAIN(Cf. ↑gain) noun, PROFIT(Cf. ↑profit) noun … Financial and business terms
operate, run, etc. at a loss — ► FINANCE, COMMERCE to fail to make a profit in a business: »Of the 235 large industrial projects, 46 are running at a loss. → Compare GAIN(Cf. ↑gain) noun, PROFIT(Cf. ↑profit) noun … Financial and business terms
Cigarette smoking for weight loss — is a practice dating to early knowledge of nicotine as an appetite suppressant. Tobacco use was associated with appetite suppression among pre Columbian indigenous Americans, and old world Europeans.[1] For decades, tobacco companies have… … Wikipedia
RēR Quarterly — The RēR Quarterly (also known as Rē Records Quarterly and RēR Records Quarterly ) was an English quarterly sound magazine comprising an LP record and a magazine. It was published at irregular intervals between 1985 and 1997 by Recommended Records … Wikipedia
Pure economic loss in English Law — English Tort law Part of the common law series Negligence Duty of care Bolam test Breach of duty Causation … Wikipedia
Pure economic loss — In law, economic loss refers to financial loss and damage suffered by a person such as can only be seen in balance sheets rather than physical injury to the person or destruction of property. Economic loss can be: *Consequential economic loss,… … Wikipedia
