Definitions

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  • adjective That makes a loss; unprofitable.

Etymologies

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loss +‎ making

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Examples

  • HP has not explained why it is continuing to make the tablet to sell at lossmaking prices.

    TouchPads: HP says 'one last batch and then that's it' 2011

  • Last week, SAS sold an 80-percent stake in its lossmaking Spanair unit to Spanish investors for only euro1 ($1.3).

    SAS announces massive overhaul after Q4 loss 2009

  • There were lots of fun and passion during the first lossmaking year, though we often sat on the floor of the living room for meetings.

    'White-Haired Devil' Joyce Huang 2010

  • There were lots of fun and passion during the first lossmaking year, though we often sat on the floor of the living room for meetings.

    'White-Haired Devil' Joyce Huang 2010

  • Making a comeback after a two-year absence is retailer Ron Sim, whose company, OSIM, which sells massage chairs and health care products, climbed out of the red after writing off its lossmaking investment in U.S. retailer Brookstone.

    Singapore's 40 Richest: Introduction 2010

  • Many UK banks are locked in to lossmaking deals (ie, tracker mortgages or low fixed-rate company loans) and suffering.

    The truth about interest rates 2009

  • The record business - in which 85 per cent of artists are lossmaking and EMI pays £25m a year to scrap unsold CDs - "is stuck with a model designed for a world that has changed and gone forever", he says.

    Allan Jenkins' Desirable Roasted Coffee 2008

  • The record business - in which 85 per cent of artists are lossmaking and EMI pays £25m a year to scrap unsold CDs - "is stuck with a model designed for a world that has changed and gone forever", he says.

    Allan Jenkins' Desirable Roasted Coffee 2008

  • The record business - in which 85 per cent of artists are lossmaking and EMI pays £25m a year to scrap unsold CDs - "is stuck with a model designed for a world that has changed and gone forever", he says.

    Has EMI Finally Heard the Music? glyn moody 2008

  • Kudrin and other liberals have also turned a blind eye to the state's takeover of supposedly strategic — and usually lossmaking — industries such as the Tupolev aircraft manufacturer.

    Under A Quiet Surface 2007

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