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Common collocations with loss in American Collocation

loss noun

US /lɔs/

large

big
considerable
enormous
heavy
huge
large
massive
severe
significant
substantial

A hostile takeover would be likely if they suffered huge losses and their share price collapsed.

small

small

The business is scheduled to make a small loss in its first year.

financial

economic
financial

Financial loss forced the corporation to reorganize its business.

total

overall
total

Overall losses are reckoned at more than $2 billion.

before paying tax

pre-tax

The takeover announcement came as the company announced a pre-tax loss of 1.4million.

in a year

annual

They posted the largest annual loss in US corporate history.

suffer a loss

incur
make
suffer
sustain

The company made a loss before tax of £0.4 million.

reduce a loss

minimize
reduce

An effective disaster recovery plan can reduce losses by 90 per cent.

announce a loss

announce
post
record
report

The property company has reported a loss of GBP21.4m for the year to the end of June.

get back a loss

recoup
recover

We’re hoping to re-open in August, but we’ll never recoup our losses.

balance out the effect of a loss

cover
offset

These payments will help offset the loss of earnings.