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]