1. Perte, diminution, déchet.
2. (Physique) Perte d'énergie. Déperdition de chaleur.
ETYM Cf. Dutch lekkage.
A leak; also, the quantity that enters or is lost by leaking.
In economics, money that leaves the circular flow of income. The three main leakages are usually said to be savings, taxes, and imports.
ETYM as. los loss, losing, from leósan to lose. Related to Lose.
(Irregular plural: losses).
1. Decline in activity.
2. Something that is lost.
3. The act of losing.
4. The amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue.
5. The disadvantage that results from losing something; or; SYN. deprivation.
6. The experience of losing a loved one.
In business, the opposite of profit, when revenues are less than costs.