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形容詞

loss-making (comparative more loss-making, superlative most loss-making)

1. Making financial losses.

   Antonyms: profitable, lucrative, profitmaking

   Near-synonym: unprofitable

   • 2020 January 2, David Clough, “How InterCity came back from the brink”, in Rail, page 66:

     The briefing to the Board set out four areas where changes were proposed in the amount attributable to InterCity. Transferring loss-making services to Provincial and taking over Gatwick Express and London-Norwich gave a benefit of £14m.

関連する語

• lossmaker

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• “loss-making”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.