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[ noun ] something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

Synonyms

losings

Used in print

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

The causes of the decline of the commuter railroads are many and complex - high taxes , losses of revenue to Government subsidized highway and air carriers , to name but two .

(Your Federal Income Tax. 1962 Edition (Revised to...)

Deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable in determining your Adjusted_Gross_Income .

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

But to the cattlemen who had been facing bankruptcy from rustling losses and to the cowboys who had been faced with lay-offs a_few years earlier , he was becoming a vastly different type of legendary figure .

By 1898 , rustling losses had been driven down to the lowest level ever seen in Wyoming .

Related terms

winnings financial_loss lose

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