lossmaker

English

Etymology

loss +‎ maker

Noun

lossmaker (plural lossmakers)

1. A company, product, etc. that makes a financial loss.
   • 2009 August 24, Geoff Easdown, “Qantas struggles with loss-making flights”, in Herald Sun‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 August 2009:

     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.

Alternative forms

• loss-maker

Related terms

• lossmaking

Anagrams

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