English–Afrikaans dictionary

Afrikaans translation of the English word loss

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EnglishAfrikaans (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(damage)
🔗 That’s a loss of £ 65 billion to the economy.
(toll; write‐off; wastage)
🔗 We have suffered a loss!
(defeat);
🔗 Trump’s loss has been reaffirmed by courts and state election officials dozens of times since the election.
(fall away; lose flesh; lose in weight)
🔗 As an adult, Leon Czolgosz worked in a Cleveland factory until he lost his job in a labour dispute in 1893.
🔗 Johnson’s speech on Wednesday night reflects the Brexiteers’ growing fears that, while they won the referendum battle, they might be losing the war.

EnglishAfrikaans
loss⇆ derwing; ⇆ nadeel; ⇆ ondergang; ⇆ skade; ⇆ skadepos; ⇆ verlies
at a loss⇆ in die middel van ’n wêreld; ⇆ teen ’n verlies; ⇆ verleë
be at a loss⇆ buite raad wees
cut one’s losses⇆ die verlies maar dra
dead loss⇆ dooie verlies
loss of memory⇆ amnesie; ⇆ geheueverlies
loss of time⇆ tydverlies
one man’s loss is another man’s gain⇆ die een se dood is die ander se brood
profit and loss account⇆ wins‐en‐verliesrekening
sell at a loss⇆ teen ’n verlies verkoop
sustain a loss⇆ verlies ly
lose⇆ agterloop; ⇆ inboet; ⇆ kwytraak; ⇆ laat verloor; ⇆ mis; ⇆ misloop; ⇆ nie haal nie; ⇆ uitval; ⇆ verbeur; ⇆ verloor; ⇆ verspeel; ⇆ weggooi
operating‐loss⇆ bedryfsverlies