cumulative loss

collocation in English

meaningsofcumulativeandloss

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cumulative
adjective
uk
/ˈkjuː.mjə.lə.tɪv/us
/ˈkjuː.mjə.lə.t̬ɪv/
increasing by one addition ...
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loss
noun
uk
/lɒs/us
/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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(Definition ofcumulativeandlossfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This form of presentation reflects cumulative gain rather thancumulativeloss.
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Thecumulativelosshas been over £3,000 million at current prices.
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By the end of 1993 thecumulativelosswas over £20 million, and by the end of 1994 it was over £200 million.
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Acumulativelossof 7.5 million voters clearly shows a crisis in the system.
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Thecumulativelossof rate support grant since 1979 is £22 billion.
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That represents acumulativelossup to 1987 of about $480 million in real terms.
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It is land which will probably come in one piece instead of in four different packets, which will be less of acumulativeloss.
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Thecumulativelossto the widow is enormous.
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Thecumulativelossis therefore £3·30 and £2·10 per week.
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We do not know what the effects of acumulativelossof benefit will be.
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By the end of 1993, thecumulativelosswas more than £20 million and, by the end of 1994, it was more than £200 million.
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Therefore, there will be acumulativelossover five years.
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Ministers were indeed intent over many months—perhaps too many months—on rescuing the project, until theircumulativelossof confidence at the turn of 1998–1999.
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Thecumulativelossis enormous.
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The result is that, in some cases, thecumulativelossof benefit is so large as to more than wipe out any increase in take-home pay.
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To this must be added thecumulativelossover the same period at 1987 prices, of £14,911,000 in education, nearly £13 million in social services, and more than £6 million in other services.
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There was acumulativelossof £400 million as a result of the mismanagement of the coal industry under an inadequate structure from the date of vesting in 1947 until 1965.
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Thecumulativelossin the period 1979–80 to 1982–83 was no less than £22 million—money which could have been used more effectively in developing new capacity.
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