exceptional loss

noun [C]

Definition

› ACCOUNTING a loss shown in a company's accounts that relates to an unusual event that does not happen regularly: The group suffered a £6m exceptional loss on the sale of 90 stores.

(Definition of exceptional loss noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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