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Discover LudwigThe phrase "absorb a loss" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone or an organization takes on a financial loss without passing it on to others.
Example: "The company had to absorb a loss after the unexpected market downturn affected their sales."
Alternatives: "take a loss" or "bear a loss".
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"You can't absorb a loss like that, especially if you have three key guys," Boeheim said.
It reads: "The party could not absorb a loss of £5-6 m and maintain its current structure.
"This action should enhance market confidence and alleviate investors' concerns about the ability for money market mutual funds to absorb a loss," the Treasury statement said.
The Bush people are subtly urging commentators to look beyond the New Hampshire vote, figuring they can absorb a loss if they have to and grind down Mr. McCain in the later primaries.
Though the borrower appears eligible for the Obama administration plan, the company refuses to take an application because the loan is owned by an investor who is unwilling to absorb a loss.
It is a masterly piece of story-line control: he casts the Packers as boastful in November, they absorb a loss or two, and they enter the playoffs humbled and hungry, simultaneously the defending champions and the team eager for redemption.
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And there are those angry at Pomplamoose's abilty to absorb a loss-leading tour because they're making enough sustainable income through their pledge-per-song system on Patreon (a platform Conte started 2 years ago, because no online system existed for YouTube-star bands to convert millions of views into actual revenue).
That being said, reality eventually sets in, and you say, 'Look at the stuff we're competing against.' " In a loaded division, one team must absorb a lot of losses.
That's what's maintaining their profitability and enables them to absorb a lot of the losses they still have on their books.
The second idea is to have a capital buffer that can absorb a small loss.
But Kauffman, a billionaire drug manufacturer who looked on the team as a civic duty, was willing to absorb a financial loss to win a pennant.
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