money-loser

noun

A business, or part thereof, that makes a loss; a loss-maker.

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Meanings

nounmoney-loser (plural money-losers)

plural money-losers

  1. A business, or part thereof, that makes a loss; a loss-maker.

    In a closely reasoned article in The Guardian, Mr. D. L. Munby, Oxford University's Reader in the Economics and Organisation of Transport, has taken Dr. Beeching to task for overstating his case for withdrawing stopping train services as money-losers.

    1963 July, “News and Comment: Dr. Beeching's overstatement”, in Modern Railways, page 3
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Chicago

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