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LOSINGS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does losings mean?
• LOSINGS (noun)
The noun LOSINGS has 1 sense:
1. something lost (especially money lost at gambling)
Familiarity information: LOSINGS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something lost (especially money lost at gambling)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
losings; losses
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)
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