turn a loss

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verb

fail to make money in a business;
make a loss or fail to profit
- I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!
- The company turned a loss after the first year
• Syn:
lose
• Ant:
profit (for: lose), break even (for: lose)
• Derivationally related forms:
loser (for: lose), losings (for: lose)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP