sustain+loss+or+damage

  • 1sustain damage — index suffer (sustain loss) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2sustain — sus|tain [ sə steın ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist: Only two of the planets could sustain life. Analysts believe present economic growth can be sustained without inflation. 2. ) FORMAL… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 3sustain */*/ — UK [səˈsteɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms sustain : present tense I/you/we/they sustain he/she/it sustains present participle sustaining past tense sustained past participle sustained 1) to provide the conditions in which something can… …

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  • 4sustain — sus‧tain [səˈsteɪn] verb [transitive] 1. if a company sustains losses or other difficulties, it has them: • Like other insurance companies, we have sustained heavy losses. • The record industry sustained a sales …

    Financial and business terms

  • 5Loss — (l[o^]s; 115), n. [AS. los loss, losing, fr. le[ o]san to lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, v. t.] 1. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. [1913 Webster]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6sustain — sus|tain W3 [səˈsteın] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(make something continue)¦ 2¦(suffer)¦ 3¦(food/drink)¦ 4¦(give strength)¦ 5¦(weight)¦ 6¦(idea)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: sustenir, from Latin sustinere …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7sustain — verb ADVERB ▪ no longer ▪ The soil was so badly eroded it could no longer sustain crop production. ▪ barely ▪ indefinitely ▪ still …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 8sustain — [[t]səste͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦♦ sustains, sustaining, sustained 1) VERB If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time. [V n] But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age... [V n] The …

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  • 9injury or wrong without damage — A wrong done, but from which no loss or damage results, and which, therefore, will not sustain an action …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 10injury or wrong without damage — A wrong done, but from which no loss or damage results, and which, therefore, will not sustain an action …

    Black's law dictionary