lose money
idiom
: to spend more money than one earns
The company has been losing money for the past several years.
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Many farmers are now bracing to potentially lose money for a fourth consecutive year.
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Tom Polansek, Reuters, 4 Feb. 2026
So existential was the plight of the Reader, which has continued to lose money since converting to a nonprofit nearly four years ago, that its board handed over the keys to Noisy Creek in August in a complex ownership transfer that has yet to be consummated.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Many serving Medicaid and uninsured children lose money on every dose.
—Jess Steier, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
Audits with recommendations that remain unresolved, while California continues to lose money to potential waste and fraud.
—Julie Watts, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Tom Polansek, Reuters, 4 Feb. 2026
So existential was the plight of the Reader, which has continued to lose money since converting to a nonprofit nearly four years ago, that its board handed over the keys to Noisy Creek in August in a complex ownership transfer that has yet to be consummated.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Many serving Medicaid and uninsured children lose money on every dose.
—Jess Steier, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
Audits with recommendations that remain unresolved, while California continues to lose money to potential waste and fraud.
—Julie Watts, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Lose money.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lose%20money. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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