Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lossmaker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: loss-mak-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A company, product, etc. that makes a financial loss.

Example Sentences

"Mr Joyce told the ABC's Inside Business program on Sunday that Qantas' domestic and its regional business, QantasLink were making money, but Qantas' International was a lossmaker."

Etymology

From loss + maker.

Inflected Forms

lossmakers (plural) loss-maker (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

lossmaking

Questions

What does lossmaker mean?: A company, product, etc. that makes a financial loss.
Where does lossmaker come from?: From loss + maker.

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