(accounting) An insured item of which the entire value is written off / (insurance) An insured item that is written off when it is beyond repair, or when the cost of repair exceeds the insured value.

(economics) A decrease in the value of a capital asset / (business, finance) An amount by which the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner are less than its cost to the owner.

(electrical) Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of an armature, transformer, etc.

(mathematics) With a constraining assumption that, however, makes it clear how to apply the proof performed under this assumption to the general case unconstrained by the assumption.

(investment, finance) The amount by which the income of a company is less than its expenditure.

plural of stop loss order

plural of stop-loss order (alternative spelling of stop loss orders).

Alternative spelling of stop loss order

(stock market) A conditional order placed with a stockbroker (or similar) to close one's position if the market drops (or rises in some cases) to a specified price level.

An aviation accident where the damage to the aircraft is such that it must be written off, or in which the aircraft is totally destroyed.