Loss

1. Accounting.

A deficit arising from the matching of revenues and expenditure.

2.

More generally, any worsening of a position or outcome - especially a financial outcome - compared with the anticipated or expected outcome.

See also

• Accounting
• Break-even
• Capital loss
• Foreseeable loss
• Gain
• Income statement
• Profit
• Profit and Loss account
• Profit and Loss reserve