loss-making
See also: lossmaking
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]loss-making (comparative more loss-making, superlative most loss-making)
- Making financial losses.
- Antonyms: profitable, lucrative, profitmaking
- Near-synonym: unprofitable
- 2020 January 2, David Clough, “How InterCity came back from the brink”, in Rail, page 66:
- The briefing to the Board set out four areas where changes were proposed in the amount attributable to InterCity. Transferring loss-making services to Provincial and taking over Gatwick Express and London-Norwich gave a benefit of £14m.
Related terms
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[edit]with nouns
- loss-making business
- loss-making company
- loss-making enterprise
- loss-making firm
- loss-making operation
- loss-making unit
- loss-making activity
- loss-making subsidiary
Translations
[edit]making financial losses
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Further reading
[edit]- “loss-making”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.