Definition

1. Noun:

   • Capital loss / loss of capital: The primary meaning of "lỗ vốn" is a financial loss where the money received from a sale or investment is less than the original amount of capital invested.
   • To operate at a loss / to sell at a loss: It describes the state or action of selling goods or running a business such that the revenue does not cover the initial capital outlay.

2. Verb phrase (to incur a capital loss):

   • To lose one's capital / to make a loss on the principal: Used to describe the action of experiencing a loss on the original investment amount.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Cửa hàng đó đang bán hàng để tránh lỗ vốn. (That store is selling goods to avoid a capital loss.)
  • Việc đầu tư đó dẫn đến một khoản lỗ vốn lớn. (That investment resulted in a large capital loss.)

• Verb phrase:

  • Họ sợ sẽ lỗ vốn nếu giá cổ phiếu tiếp tục giảm. (They are afraid they will lose their capital if the stock price continues to fall.)
  • Chúng tôi buộc phải bán và chấp nhận lỗ vốn. (We were forced to sell and accept the loss of capital.)

Advanced Usage

• "bán lỗ vốn": to sell at a loss (to liquidate inventory below cost).
  • Công ty quyết định bán lỗ vốn số hàng tồn kho cũ. (The company decided to sell the old inventory at a loss.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thua lỗ (v/n): to incur a loss / a loss (broader term for any financial loss).

  • Dự án này đã thua lỗ trong năm đầu tiên. (This project incurred a loss in its first year.)

• Lỗ (n): loss, deficit (a more general term for loss, not specific to capital).

  • Báo cáo tài chính cho thấy công ty bị lỗ. (The financial report shows the company is at a loss.)

Synonyms

• Capital loss: loss on the original amount invested.
• To sell at a loss: to dispose of assets for less than their cost.
• Principal loss: loss of the original sum of money.

Related Idioms

• Lỗ vốn như chơi: to lose capital very easily or quickly, as if it were a game.

  • Thị trường biến động, có thể lỗ vốn như chơi. (The market is volatile; you can lose your capital in an instant.)

• Ăn lỗ vốn: to absorb or eat up the capital (describing a business that consistently consumes its initial investment).

  • Quán cà phê mới mở đang ăn lỗ vốn. (The newly opened coffee shop is eating up its capital.)