loss-makers
Businesses bleeding cash
Loss-makers are businesses, products, or ventures that fail to turn a profit—they lose money rather than make it.
The term appears most often in British financial journalism and business contexts: The company plans to sell off its loss-makers.
A single unprofitable entity is a loss-maker.
Legal or financial obligation
- albatrossLong-winged oceanic bird
- millstoneGrain-crushing circular stone
- deadweightInert, unproductive mass
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
drag · encumbrance · handicap · impediment · overhead · strain · weight · obligation
Incapable of succeeding
- unsustainableCannot be maintained indefinitely
- unviableIncapable of succeeding
- unremunerativeProducing no financial return
- nonprofitableNot yielding financial gain
unproductive · break-even · struggling · failing · floundering · underperforming · languishing
Profuse discharge of blood
- bleedLose vital fluid
- siphonLiquid transfer tube
- depleteGreatly reduce supply
- leakEscape through a breach
outflow · erosion · dissipation · consumption · drainage · withdrawal · attrition · depletion
Unable to repay debts
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- underwaterBelow the surface
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
default · write-off · arrears · indebted · liabilities · shortfall · deficit · negative
liability
Legal or financial obligation
- albatrossLong-winged oceanic bird
- millstoneGrain-crushing circular stone
- deadweightInert, unproductive mass
anchor · drag · encumbrance · handicap · impediment · overhead · strain · weight · obligation · yoke
nonviable
Incapable of succeeding
- unsustainableCannot be maintained indefinitely
- unviableIncapable of succeeding
- unremunerativeProducing no financial return
nonprofitable · unproductive · break-even · struggling · failing · floundering · underperforming · languishing
hemorrhage
Profuse discharge of blood
leak · outflow · erosion · dissipation · consumption · drainage · withdrawal · attrition · depletion · write-down
bankrupt
Unable to repay debts
- insolventUnable to pay debts
- underwaterBelow the surface
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
liquidation · default · write-off · arrears · indebted · liabilities · shortfall · deficit · negative · deficiency
loss-makersmoney-makers
Sources of profit
cash cows · profit centers · earners · breadwinners · golden geese
loss, maker, makers, lose, loses, losing, lost, loser, losers