丸損(まるぞん)

まるぞん
noun
total loss; dead loss
informalmoney
1. total loss; dead loss
Losing everything one put in, with nothing at all to show for it.
この取引(とりひき)は丸損(まるぞん)だった。
This deal was a total loss.
チケットをなくして、丸損(まるぞん)だ。
I lost my ticket, so that money is completely wasted.
雨(あめ)でイベントが中止(ちゅうし)になり、準備(じゅんび)にかけた費用(ひよう)が丸損(まるぞん)になった。
The event was cancelled because of rain, and everything spent on preparations was lost.

丸(まる) (whole, entire) + 損(そん) (loss). Colloquial.

Common collocations

  • 丸損(まるぞん)になる / 丸損(まるぞん)だ: to be a total loss
  • 丸損(まるぞん)をする: to suffer a total loss

Similar words

  • 丸儲(まるもう)け: pure profit, the opposite
  • 大損(おおぞん): a heavy loss, but not necessarily a total one

Related Words

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