Only a small fraction of human communication is the words themselves, you just loose too much with written word sometimes. 

Sacramento is a loose description too which usually includes the eastern suburbs.Bay Area: The local fundamentals create a unique market unlike no other.Oceanside, CA: West of the 5 for the most part means north of the 8, $800k that is.

It the appreciation which I believe is loosing steam worth it in the long run?

Goal = "go to the gym five days a week" rather than "loose 20 pounds". 

If it’s bad, then I’ll probably let them loose.

Obviously, I would have cut him loose when he came to me with the “take $2k or nothing”.

IT HAS NO DEFINITION IN THIS SPACE.On a daily basis, new companies pop up everywhere and use this term loosely to describe what they do. 

She was my first and last long term lease, and I use that loosely because I had her out a little over a year later because she was absolutely not worth the aggravation.

You have to make sure that the flipper has something of value that he will loose if he defaults that is his down payment. 

The loose criteria to fund money will not likely to happen again.