Assured loss before the match be played. --Shak.
2. The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect,
misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss.
--Shak
3. That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; --
opposed to {gain} or {increase}; as, the loss of liquor by
leakage was considerable.
4. The state of being lost or destroyed; especially, the
wreck or foundering of a ship or other vessel.
5. Failure to gain or win; as, loss of a race or battle.
6. Failure to use advantageously; as, loss of time.
7. (Mil.) Killed, wounded, and captured persons, or captured
property.
8. (Insurance) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought
about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract
(as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or
smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also,
the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the
company this year amount to a million of dollars.
{To bear a loss}, to make a loss good; also, to sustain a
loss without sinking under it.
{To be at a loss}, to be in a state of uncertainty.
Syn: Privation; detriment; injury; damage.