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The bank posted its first ever full-year loss last week after exposure to the global property market crash.
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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
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
Loss of chance in English law — refers to a particular problem of causation, which arises in tort and contract. The law is invited to assess hypothetical outcomes, either affecting the claimant or a third party, where the defendant s breach of contract or of the duty of care… … Wikipedia
Year 1809 — (Märkesåret 1809 in Swedish and Merkkivuosi 1809 in Finnish, literally meaning The Significant Year 1809 ) was a joint Swedish/Finnish government project about the 2009 bicentennial of the division of Sweden, when Sweden had to cede Finland to… … Wikipedia
Full a Clips Crew — are a Bronx, New York Hip Hop Crew.Sometime during the 80s, Big Pun who was going by the name Big Moon Dawg and Triple Seis, began to write rap lyrics, forming Full a Clips Crew, later with Prospect and Cuban Link who was at the time named… … Wikipedia
Full body scanner — Backscatter x ray image of TSA Security Laboratory Director Susan Hallowell. A full body scanner is a device that creates an image of a person s nude body through their clothing to look for hidden objects without physically removing their clothes … Wikipedia
year — noun 1 period of 12 months; period from January till December ADJECTIVE ▪ last, past ▪ The chart shows our performance over the past year. ▪ past, preceding, previous, recent … Collocations dictionary
Year of the Dolphin — The year 2007 (extended to 2008) [ [http://www.yod2007.org/ Year of the Dolphin homepage] ] has been declared as (International) Year of the Dolphin by the United Nations and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). [ [http://www.yod2007.org… … Wikipedia
Full Documentation Loan — In the United States, Full Documentation Loan refers to a loan where all income and assets are documented. It is typically referred to as a full doc loan in the mortgage industry and is a common type of loan used for financing a home purchase. A… … Wikipedia
