English-Czech translations for loss

• ztráta
  Byla by to ztráta pro celý svět, ale ještě větší ztráta pro Čínu. It would be the world's loss, but a bigger loss to China.
  To je pro zastupitelskou demokracii ztráta. This is a loss to representative democracy.
  Její ztráta není ztrátou jen pro Pákistán, ale také pro celý svět. Her loss is not just Pakistan's but is a loss to the whole world.
• porážka
• pozbytí
• prohra
• rozpaky
  Na 400 peticí obdržených od malých a středních podniků podrobně popisuje obtěžování, stres, rozpaky, frustraci a finanční ztráty utrpěné kvůli činnosti těchto podvodníků a podvodnic. The 400 petitions received from SMEs detail the harassment, stress, embarrassment, frustration and financial loss suffered because of the actions of these conmen and women.

Definition of loss

• The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement
• The destruction or ruin of an object
• Defeat; an instance of being defeated
• The death of a person or animal
• The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died
• The sum an entity loses on balance
• Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work

Examples

• loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite
• In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said
• It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses
• The match ended in their first loss of the season
• We mourn his loss
• The battle was won, but losses were great
• Her daughters sense of loss eventually led to depression
• The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive
• The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid

Related words

• bugloss
• blossom
• floss
• colossal
• colossus
• lossless
• flossy
• glossitis
• gloss