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Noun loss has 8 senses

loss - the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
--₁ is a kind of failure
--₁ has particulars: capitulation, fall, surrender
loss - something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"
--₂ is a kind of transferred property, transferred possession
--₂ has particulars:
forfeit, forfeiture; financial loss; sacrifice; wastage
loss, red ink, red - the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"
--₃ is a kind of sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
Antonyms: gain
--₃ has particulars: paper loss; squeeze
loss - gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business"
--₄ is a kind of decline, diminution
--₄ has particulars: epilation; reducing
loss, deprivation - the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
--₅ is a kind of disadvantage
personnel casualty, loss - military personnel lost by death or capture
--₆ is a kind of casualty
--₆ has particulars: wound, injury, combat injury; sacrifice
loss - the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"
--₇ is a kind of experience
passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
--₈ is a kind of death, decease