From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishloss-makingˈloss-ˌmaking adjective [only before noun] especially British English a loss-making product or business does not make any money OPP profit-making, profitable The company has sold many of its loss-making businesses to cut debts.
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loss-making• It sees restructuring of Urenco as the means to convert a loss-making business into one with potential for growth and profit.• Imports are likely to grow as loss-making capacity is reduced.• The review of loss-making divisions is to continue, notably the Netherlends Westvries subsidiary which lost £394,000 last year.• Commentators noted the burden this would place on inefficient, loss-making enterprises.• These muffle market signals and keep too many loss-making factories in business.• To add to Sears' woes another £82 million went on getting rid of its loss-making menswear arm, which included Fosters.• Chiluba pledged to reduce spending on the security forces and to privatize loss-making parastatal organizations.• Minority interests A parent undertaking owns 100% of the ordinary shares in a loss-making subsidiary with negative net assets.From Longman Business Dictionaryloss-makingˈloss-ˌmaking adjectiveFINANCE a loss-making product or business activity is one that does not make a profitLoss-making, state-owned businesses will be sold off. —loss-maker noun [countable]The plant has long been a loss-maker for Volvo. 