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Los
//lɒs// name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of loan origination system, a software application or ASP solution for originating loans. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Initialism of Land of Smiles (a nickname for Thailand). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
- 1 A medium-sized wildcat, most of them part of the genus Lynx. obsolete
"The los had been brought from a northern part of the United States."
- 2 Obsolete form of loss. alt-of, obsolete
"If we come under France, we have not onely Spaine our enimie by Sea and Land (as we have ſhewne) but the los of our Spaniſh Trade, and the hazarding of our whole Levant Traffick: And if we rightly calculate, that amounts to no ſmall part of our Commerce."
- 3 Alternative form of loos (“praise; fame; reputation”). alt-of, alternative, uncountable
- 4 Initialism of level of service. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 plural of LO form-of, plural
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- 6 Initialism of line of sight. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 7 Initialism of loss of signal. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 Initialism of Law of the Sea. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of line of supply. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of large offspring syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of lipooligosaccharide. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Etymology
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English lusk, from Old English lox, from Proto-West Germanic *luhs, from Proto-Germanic *luhsaz. Cognate with Scots los, Saterland Frisian Luks, Low German Luks, Dutch los, German Luchs, Luxembourgish Luuss.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Middle English los, from Old English los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą, from Proto-Indo-European *lews-.
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