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LOSINGS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something lost (especially money lost at gambling)
Synonyms:
losings; losses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("losings" is a kind of...):
financial loss (loss of money or decrease in financial value)
Antonym:
winnings (something won (especially money))
Derivation:
lose (miss from one's possessions; lose sight of)
lose (fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit)
