loss|mak|er

loss|mak|er
loss|mak|er «LS MAY kuhr, LOS-», noun.
British. a business or industry that shows consistent losses or deficits: »

What happens, when two companies, both lossmakers, merge into one? The answer, as often as not, is one big lossmaker (Manchester Guardian Weekly).


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