Definition of loss

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Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars..

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Politely :: Politely (adv.) In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy.
Glossanthrax :: Glossanthrax (n.) A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.
Heroic :: Heroic (a.) Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure..
Aphemia :: Aphemia (n.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin..
Ptenoglossate :: Ptenoglossate (a.) Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.
Fever :: Fever (n.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever..
Swanpan :: Swanny (a.) Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck..
Compensate :: Compensate (v. t.) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses..
Megrim :: Megrim (n.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish (Psetta arnoglossa)..
Corymb :: Corymb (n.) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn..
Grief :: Grief (a.) Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness..
Flowering :: Flowering (n.) The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification..
Decrement :: Decrement (n.) The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.
Blossomless :: Blossomless (a.) Without blossoms.
Gloss :: Gloss (v. i.) To make sly remarks, or insinuations..
Calender :: Calender (n.) A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating..
Insurable :: Insurable (a.) Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured..
Bloom :: Bloom (v. t.) To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
Terebra :: Terebra (n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Downfall; degradation; loss of greatness or office; termination of greatness, power, or dominion; ruin; overthrow; as, the fall of the Roman empire..
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