loss

noun [C/U] (NOT HAVING)

/lɔs/

Definition

› the action or state of not having or keeping something any more: [C] The company’s losses over the last few years have been staggering. › Loss may mean death: [U] They never got over the loss of their son.

(Definition of loss noun (NOT HAVING) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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