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Meaning of "lossmaking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOSSMAKING

lossmaking  [ˈlɒsˌmeɪkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOSSMAKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lossmaking is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LOSSMAKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lossmaking in the English dictionary

The definition of lossmaking in the dictionary is unprofitable; losing money.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOSSMAKING


boilermaking
ˈbɔɪləˌmeɪkɪŋ
brickmaking
ˈbrɪkˌmeɪkɪŋ
cabinet-making
ˈkæbɪnɪtˌmeɪkɪŋ
decision-making
dɪˈsɪʒənˌmeɪkɪŋ
film-making
ˈfɪlmˌmeɪkɪŋ
glass-making
ˈɡlɑːsˌmeɪkɪŋ
homemaking
ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkɪŋ
lawmaking
ˈlɔːˌmeɪkɪŋ
lovemaking
ˈlʌvˌmeɪkɪŋ
matchmaking
ˈmætʃˌmeɪkɪŋ
merrymaking
ˈmɛrɪˌmeɪkɪŋ
moviemaking
ˈmuːvɪˌmeɪkɪŋ
mythmaking
ˈmɪθˌmeɪkɪŋ
pacemaking
ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkɪŋ
papermaking
ˈpeɪpərˌmeɪkɪŋ
peacemaking
ˈpiːsˌmeɪkɪŋ
platemaking
ˈpleɪtˌmeɪkɪŋ
playmaking
ˈpleɪˌmeɪkɪŋ
printmaking
ˈprɪntˌmeɪkɪŋ
tool-making
ˈtuːlˌmeɪkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOSSMAKING

losingly
losings
loslyf
loss
loss adjuster
loss leader
loss ratio
losses
lossless
lossmaker
lossy
lost
lost and found
lost cause
Lost Generation
lost property
lost property office
lost soul
lost tribes
lost-and-found

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOSSMAKING

baking
banking
braking
breaking
breathtaking
English-speaking
freaking
ground-breaking
heartbreaking
in a manner of speaking
in the making
making
money-making
public speaking
record-breaking
sneaking
soaking
speaking
taking
undertaking
waking

Synonyms and antonyms of lossmaking in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LOSSMAKING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lossmaking» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lossmaking

Translation of «lossmaking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOSSMAKING

Find out the translation of lossmaking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lossmaking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lossmaking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

亏损的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deficitaria
570 millions of speakers

English

lossmaking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lossmaking
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

lossmaking
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

убыточной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deficitária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lossmaking
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lossmaking
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kehilangan rugi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

defizitären
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lossmaking
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lossmaking
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lossmaking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lossmaking
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lossmaking
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हानीकारक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lossmaking
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in perdita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lossmaking
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збитковою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

generatoare de pierderi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελλειμματικής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lossmaking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Förlust
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lossmaking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lossmaking

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOSSMAKING»

The term «lossmaking» is normally little used and occupies the 130.679 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOSSMAKING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lossmaking» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lossmaking» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lossmaking

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOSSMAKING»

Discover the use of lossmaking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lossmaking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Public Sector Enterprises in India
Table 7.61 Mean values of key profitability ratios of the lossmaking MoU PSEs, 1994–1995 to 2010–2011 Table 7.62 Median, lower (Q1), and upper quartile (Q3 ) values of key profitability ratios ofthe lossmaking MoU PSEs,1994–1995 to ...
P. K. Jain, Seema Gupta and Surendra S. Yadav
2
Trade Policy, Growth and Poverty in Asian Developing Countries
Thus, workingin a lossmaking firmis equivalent to being laidoff. Thefactof the matter is thatworkingina lossmaking firm is the first step towards being unemployed and in1995mostlayoff workers received similarpay as those who worked in the ...
Kishor Sharma, 2003
3
Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty in Urban China
In addition,working in lossmaking firmsalso reduces income substantially. A household with both husbandand wife working ina lossmaking firm receives15.3 percentless income thanotherwise, which inincome termsis equivalent tothe ...
Hiroshi Sato, Shi Li, 2006
4
International GAAP 2012: Generally Accepted Accounting ...
The treatment of a lossmaking jointly controlled entity may differ significantly under each method. Where proportionate consolidation is used, the venturer will simply pick up its share of all losses as they arise. Whereas under the equity method, ...
Ernst & Young, 2011
5
English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
lossmaking. (to be) a lossmaking concern/business/operation/... Zuschußbetrieb: ein Zuschußbetrieb (sein). lost. to be lost gehen: heidigehen hops: hops gehen mitkönnen: (da) nicht (mehr) mitkönnen mitkommen: (da) nicht (mehr) mitkommen ...
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
6
Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century – And After
This had allowed the emergence of powerful commercial conglomerates which made fortunes out of manipulating the subsidies given to lossmaking state enterprises. The conglomerates used their mighty influence againstany attempttoend ...
R. J. Crampton, 2002
7
Transfer Pricing Handbook: Guidance for the OECD Regulations
92 The preceding statement does not mean that lossmaking transactions can never be comparable. In general, the multinational enterprise or the tax administration should useall relevantinformation. There shouldbeno overridingruleas tothe ...
Robert Feinschreiber, Margaret Kent, 2012
8
Telecommunications Law and Regulation
Once this hasbeen identified, it should then bepossible to deriveandcostthe shortfallor the cost of serving lossmaking customers using avoidable costs. Once the avoidablecostsof delivering universalservicehave beenquantified, any ...
Ian Walden, 2012
9
The Economics of Transport: A Theoretical and Applied ...
If profitable services are used to support lossmaking routes, then the truecosts of providing these servicesis completely hidden. In turn,ifthe true costsare notknown then there is nowayto judgeifthose routesare worth supporting orifthemoney ...
Jonathan Cowie, 2009
10
Privatization and Equity
Thus, any effortat balancing or trading off distributional impacts would be influenced by the type of privatized entity—whether acquired asset,lossmaking GOCC, or profitable GOCC. Thereis no doubt that the acquiredasset corporations haveto ...
V. V. Ramanadham, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOSSMAKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lossmaking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bharti Airtel enters into exclusive talks for sale of 4 African units to …
... hefty for the lossmaking operations. The company has been unable to turn around operations in Africa despite appointing a new Africa head, ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
2
FT Investigation: The strange tale of ticker '566' - FT.com
Even as foreign investors were desperate to invest in China's booming economy, RBI Holdings held little appeal: it was a lossmaking plastic toy ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
3
Made.com raises £40m to drive European growth - FT.com
Online furniture retailer Made.com has completed a £40m funding round that gives the lossmaking start-up the financial resources to accelerate ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
4
Power plant load slips to 59.43% in June on account of poor demand
Power sector executives have been worried about the reluctance of lossmaking discoms to enter into power purchase agreements. Discoms ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
5
Sunday share tips: Britvic, Tungsten, Optibiotix | IFA Magazine …
... chain”, is still lossmaking and after a £17m fundraising in June is worth a sixth of its peak valuation and has become a target for short-sellers. «IFA Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Anglo sells Tarmac for $1.6bn
It said Kumba had to address its costs and mine plan to sustain positive cash flows while Minas Rio will clearly be heavily lossmaking. «Mining MX, Jul 15»
7
Anglo American to write down value of mining assets by up to $4bn
Anglo's majority-owned Kumba iron ore unit in South Africa also announced the closure of its lossmaking Thabazimbi mine, which is 80 years ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
8
Sports Direct to hand managers total of £155m in bonuses
This unit recorded a sales fall of 3% to £208m after a number of lossmaking shops closed. In a statement to the stock exchange, Sports Direct ... «HITC, Jul 15»
9
Harmony expects higher gold output, job saving at profitable Doornkop
... Harmony Gold on Wednesday guided job saving, higher production and a return to profitability at the lossmaking Doornkop gold mine on the ... «Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, Jul 15»
10
Energy News Roundup: Marathon To Buy MarkWest, Hayward …
Tony Hayward, former CEO of BP, is prepared to sell Genel Energy, the lossmaking Kurdistan oil producer he co-founded. “Mr Hayward, who ... «Breaking Energy, Jul 15»

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