business loss
Red ink result
A business loss is money lost when expenses exceed revenue, or when assets lose value.
For tax purposes, business losses can often offset other income: We claimed the business loss against last year's profits.
A loss from selling business property below its cost basis is also a business loss.
Opposite of business profit or gain.
- deficitAmount still owed
- in the redFinancially in deficit
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- red inkSymbol for financial loss
- write-offRecorded value reduction
tax write-off · shortfall · balance sheet · cash flow · failure · insolvency · going under · downturn · collapse · layoffs · foreclosure · debt · liquidation · fire sale · closure · receivership · hemorrhaging · restructuring
- tax lossestax write-off
- insuranceinsurance, coverage, auto insurance, life insurance, home insurance
- condemnationcondemnation, censure, rebuke, denunciation, reproach
- damagescompensatory, punitive, punitive damages, nominal, actual
business lossprofit
Gain exceeding expenditure
gain · net profit · earnings · net income · surplus
business losscommercial success
Profitable market performance
profitability · prosperity · growth · financial health · solvency
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