loss-maker

English

Noun

loss-maker (plural loss-makers)

Alternative form of lossmaker.
- 1964 July, “News and Comment: Electrification to Gourock”, in Modern Railways, page 15:
  The withdrawal of the Glasgow Central Low Level line, said to be the heaviest loss-maker in Scotland, was opposed by—amongst others—a bus operator, the Glasgow Corporation, on the grounds that the bus services needed in replacement would increase peak-hour road congestion.

References

“loss-maker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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