Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
fail to make money in a business;
make a loss or fail to profit;
- Example: "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!"- Example: "The company turned a loss after the first year"[syn: lose, turn a loss]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
turn a loss
v 1: fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to
profit; "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad
investment!"; "The company turned a loss after the first
year" [syn: lose, turn a loss] [ant: break even,
profit, turn a profit]