Loss
Auto Insurance
The amount an insurance company pays on a claim.
- — Glossary of Common Auto Insurance Terms retrieved 2014-05-19
Homeowners Insurance
The amount an insurance company pays on a claim.
- — Glossary of Common Homeowners Insurance Terms retrieved 2014-05-16
Telecommunications
1. The diminution, usually expressed in dB, of signal level in a communications medium. 2. The power, usually expressed in watts, consumed or dissipated by a circuit or component without accomplishing useful work or purpose; e.g., heating (hysteresis loss) that occurs in the core of a transformer. 3. In computer security, a quantitative measure of harm or deprivation resulting from a compromise. [2382-pt.8]