- take a financial bath
- take a (financial) bath
to lose money on an investment.
Investors took a bath when they had to resell the bonds at lower prices than they had paid.
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take a financial bath
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take a bath — take a (financial) bath to lose money on an investment. Investors took a bath when they had to resell the bonds at lower prices than they had paid … New idioms dictionary
take a bath — {v. phr.}, {informal} To come to financial ruin. * /Boy, did we ever take a bath on that merger with Brown & Brown, Inc./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take a bath — {v. phr.}, {informal} To come to financial ruin. * /Boy, did we ever take a bath on that merger with Brown & Brown, Inc./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take a bath — ► take a bath informal suffer a heavy financial loss. Main Entry: ↑bath … English terms dictionary
bath — bath1 [bath, bäth] n. pl. baths [bathz, bäthz; baths, bäths] [ME < OE bæth < IE base * bhe , to warm > BAKE] 1. a washing or dipping of a thing, esp. the body, in water or other liquid, steam, etc. 2. water or other liquid for bathing,… … English World dictionary
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take a bath — phrasal : to suffer a heavy financial loss * * * informal suffer a heavy financial loss * * * take a bath US informal : to lose a large amount of money in a business deal The movie studio took a bath on his last picture. see also ↑bath 1a (above) … Useful english dictionary
bath — bath1 bathless, adj. /bath, bahth/, n., pl. baths /badhz, bahdhz, baths, bahths/, v. n. 1. a washing or immersion of something, esp. the body, in water, steam, etc., as for cleansing or medical treatment: I take a bath every day. Give the dog a… … Universalium
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take a bath — To sustain a loss on either a speculation or an investment. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * take a bath INFORMAL ► to lose a lot of money as a result of a bad business deal or investment: »Unless the shares take a bath, they should soon be… … Financial and business terms
