Definition of loss

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Loss (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation..

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Remunerate :: Remunerate (v. t.) To pay an equivalent to for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor..
Detriment :: Detriment (n.) That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, religion, morals, etc..
Corruption :: Corruption (n.) The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery..
Aphesis :: Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire..
Gloss :: Gloss (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss..
Wastage :: Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste..
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss..
Orthogamy :: Orthogamy (n.) Direct fertilization in plants, as when the pollen fertilizing the ovules comes from the stamens of the same blossom; -- opposed to heterogamy..
Flowerer :: Flowerer (n.) A plant which flowers or blossoms.
Jeopardy :: "Jeopardy (n.) Exposure to death, loss, or injury; hazard; danger..
Disreputation :: Disreputation (n.) Loss or want of reputation or good name; dishonor; disrepute; disesteem.
Proboscidifera :: Proboscidifera (n. pl.) A subdivision of the taenioglossate gastropods, including the fig-shells (Pyrula), the helmet shells (Cassis), the tritons, and allied genera..
Economy :: Economy (n.) Thrifty and frugal housekeeping; management without loss or waste; frugality in expenditure; prudence and disposition to save; as, a housekeeper accustomed to economy but not to parsimony..
Florescent :: Florescent (a.) Expanding into flowers; blossoming.
Swanpan :: Swanny (a.) Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck..
Tachyglossa :: Tachyglossa (n. pl.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna.
Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud; flowers, collectively..
Colossal :: Colossal (a.) Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.
Distress :: Distress (n.) A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc..
Flamboyer :: Flamboyer (n.) A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinia..
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