Losings [noun]

Definition of Losings:

misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost

Opposite/Antonyms of Losings:


Sentence/Example of Losings:

Dorothy joined Lady Carlisle before our absence had been noted, and began to banter Fitzpatrick upon his losings.

Frank's luck seemed to have deserted him, but at first his losings were just heavy enough to provoke without alarming him.

A man, said Piper loftily, should take his losings without squealing.

In fact, his losings were so monotonous that the diversion had ceased to be exciting and he had abandoned it.

Didn't I lend you twenty sovereigns the other night to pay our losings to Dawkins?

I can't make money off the losings of my friends, whom I have ruined to make your deal succeed.

The bank pays in ready money every successful stake and sweeps off the losings with wooden instruments, called rateaux (rakes).

At this news the players at the other tables would hastily leave their winnings (or losings) and crowd round us.

I knew, the minute I saw Jeff paying you his losings with a check, and some of the others doing the same, just what would happen.

Let us play the game of life as sportsmen, pocketing our winnings with a smile, leaving our losings with a shrug.