Lose: v.tr. (word coming from the Latin perdere).
The verb “lose” has many meanings:
I) No longer have:
A. To be deprived of the possession or control of (something), the company of (someone)
1. No longer having (a property).
Lose a sum of money.
Losing his fortune, his property (destroyed, taken or acquired by others).
Losing your home to a fire.
Without complement: Quote from the French poet and fabulist Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695): "We risk ...
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