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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesproduto deficitário
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pro-du-tu de-fi-si-ta-riu
"O balanço financeiro revelou que a nova linha era um produto deficitário."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A product, business, or investment that continually loses money rather than making a profit.
"The company decided to discontinue the loss-maker and focus entirely on its high-margin services." - 2
A company or organization that operates at a financial loss overall.
"After three years as a loss-maker, the startup finally achieved positive cash flow last quarter."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived by combining the noun 'loss' (from Old English los, meaning destruction or ruin) and the agent suffix '-maker' (from Old English macian). The compound entered business and economic lexicon in the mid-20th century to describe ventures, products, or entities consistently generating negative financial returns.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Loss-maker" is said worldwide
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entreprise déficitaire
Transliteration: ã-trə-priz de-fi-si-tar
"Cette filiale est devenue un véritable loss-maker pour le groupe."
Verlustbringer
Transliteration: fɛɐ̯ˈlʊstˌbʁɪŋɐ
"Das neue Produkt erwies sich schnell als wirtschaftlicher Verlustbringer."
ramo in perdita
Transliteration: ramo in perd-i-ta
"La divisione estera è stata identificata come un ramo in perdita."
producto deficitario
Transliteration: pro-duk-to de-fi-si-ta-rio
"Tuvieron que retirar del mercado ese producto deficitario."
produto deficitário
Transliteration: pro-du-tu de-fi-si-ta-riu
"O balanço financeiro revelou que a nova linha era um produto deficitário."
घाटे का सौदा
Transliteration: ghate ka sauda
"यह व्यवसाय हमारे लिए एक घाटे का सौदा साबित हुआ।"
亏损项目
Transliteration: kuīsǔn xiàngmù
"这家公司决定关闭所有亏损项目。"
적자 상품
Transliteration: jeokja sangpum
"그 회사는 지속적인 적자 상품을 정리했다."
赤字商品
Transliteration: akaji shōhin
"企業はその赤字商品の販売を中止しました。"
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