loss of income

Money stops coming

Loss of income is a reduction or elimination of money regularly earned, typically from employment or business.

The phrase appears most often in legal and insurance contexts, where it describes financial harm from injury, disability, or other circumstances preventing someone from working: She filed a claim for loss of income after the accident.

Distinguished from lost wages, which usually refers to a specific, calculable amount.

Opposites
financial change direction

loss of incomewindfall

Unanticipated lucky gain

financial gain · profit · pay raise · wage increase · salary increase

financial stability

loss of incomeincome security

Guaranteed steady earnings

steady income · financial security · financial stability · job security · guaranteed income

Family

loss, lose, loses, losing, loser, losers, losses, income, incomes

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G