"loss prevention" meaning in English

See loss prevention in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: loss preventions [plural], retail loss prevention [alternative], LP [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} loss prevention (usually uncountable, plural loss preventions)
  1. (US) Prevention of a loss of profit (instances of theft, fraud, etc.) done by retail stores. Tags: US, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-loss_prevention-en-noun-PAL6xqjP Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
  2. (US) The department or a person who is employed to carry out loss prevention. Tags: US, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-loss_prevention-en-noun-As37f-wf Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: shrinkage

Inflected forms

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