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passive loss

 
 
noun [C or U] FINANCE

Definition

a loss that results from a business activity in which you are not involved in an active way: Many who earn money from renting out properties have suffered large passive losses since the collapse of the market.
(Definition of passive loss noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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