losses

Definition of Losses in English :

1. losings, losses

something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Losses

plural noun

military personnel lost by death or capture

Enemy losses were said to be high.

Military sources put the army's losses at about twenty.

the army's losses

n.

1. The act or an instance of losing: nine losses during the football season.

2.

a. One that is lost: wrote their flooded house off as a loss.

b. The condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone: Her loss was made easier by the support of her friends.

c. The amount of something lost: selling at a 50 percent loss.

3. The harm or suffering caused by losing or being lost: The doctor's retirement is a great loss to the community.

4. losses People lost in wartime; casualties.

5. Destruction: The war caused incalculable loss.

6. Electricity The power decrease caused by resistance in a circuit, circuit element, or device.

7. The amount of a claim on an insurer by an insured.