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Verlust — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attrition noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
  • bereavement noun The experience of losing a close family member or friend to death, and the grief that follows.
  • casualty noun Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
  • cost verb To require the payment of a certain amount of money.
  • deprivation noun The state of lacking something necessary, such as food, sleep, or basic comfort.
  • expense noun Money spent on something; a cost.
  • loss noun The state of no longer having something you once had.
  • toll noun A fee charged for using a road, bridge, or similar route.

Senses

Verlust is used for these senses in English:

  • attrition A gradual reduction in number.
  • attrition (linguistics) The loss of a first or second language or a portion of that language.
  • bereavement The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
  • casualty (military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).
  • cost A negative consequence or loss that occurs or is required to occur.
  • deprivation (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
  • expense (obsolete) Loss.
  • loss (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.

attrition — full definition

  1. noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
  2. noun The physical wearing away of a surface by friction or grinding.

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