take a bath

Definitions

1. 1

   To bathe.

   • She told the children to take a bath and wash off the mud and grime.
   • Take a bath with fragrant herbs.
2. 2

   To lose a large amount of money in an investment.

   • Shareholders took a bath when the company went bankrupt.
   • 1983 December, ‘Look before you leap into a commodity pool’, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 74, In the high-risk world of futures contracts, pooling the risks could be just another way to take a bath.
   • The lenders took a bath because they had to honor fixed rate loans of 5 to 10% while borrowing money at 15 to 20% to fund them.

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