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lossage

lossage noun: loss, especially systematic or continuous.

Noun

lossage (countable and uncountable, plural lossages)

  1. loss, especially systematic or continuous
    • "The superior quality of the 1918 crop will reduce the lossage by at least 5 per cent, which amount should be sufficient to offset any discrepancy between actual figures and our estimate given above."1918, Lem P. Jordan, Peanut Promoter, volume 2, page 100

Forms of lossage

plurallossages

Origin of lossage

From loss + -age.

Questions about lossage

What does lossage mean?
Lossage means loss, especially systematic or continuous.
What part of speech is lossage?
Lossage is a noun.
What is the plural of lossage?
The plural of lossage is lossages.

Words near lossage in the dictionary

  1. loss ratio
  2. loss ratios
  3. loss-maker
  4. loss-makers
  5. loss-making
  6. lossage
  7. lossages
  8. losse
  9. Lossen rearrangement
  10. Lossen rearrangements
  11. lossenge

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