lose money

idiom

: to spend more money than one earns

The company has been losing money for the past several years.

Examples of lose money in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web All told, anyone who bought shares over the past month and held was about as likely to lose money as profit. —

Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 15 June 2024 Despite being a hot ticket among some investors, GameStop continues to lose money. —

Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 12 June 2024 What started as a bounty of free-trial opportunities and cheap access to seemingly infinite libraries has evolved significantly as media companies struggle to profit off of their streaming operations — many of which continue to lose money. —

Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 Still the government caps the price of most electricity sales so that any plant that mostly provides backup capacity will lose money. —

Michael R. Davidson, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for lose money

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