Meaning

• The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.

  "In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said."

• The destruction or ruin of an object.

• Something that has been destroyed or ruined.

  "It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses."

• Defeat; an instance of being defeated.

  "The match ended in their first loss of the season."

• The death of a person or animal.

  "The battle was won, but losses were great."

• The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.

  "Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression."

• (financial) The sum an entity loses on balance.

  "The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive."

• Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.

  "The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid."