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  • 1short-term gain — ➔ gain2 * * * short term gain UK US noun [C or U] ► FINANCE profit made from selling something a short time after buying it, usually within a year: »Paul buys shares with the aim of realising short term gains. ► an improvement or advantage that… …

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  • 2Short-Term Gain — A capital gain realized by the sale or exchange of a capital asset that has been held for exactly one year or less. Short term gains are taxed at the taxpayer s top marginal tax rate. A short term gain can only be reduced by a short term loss. A… …

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  • 3short-term gain or loss — A profit or loss realized from the sale of securities held for less than a year that is taxed at normal income tax rates if the net total is positive. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 4short-term gain/loss — A profit or loss realized from the sale of securities held for less than a year that is taxed at normal income tax rates if the net total is positive. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 5short-term — ♦♦♦ ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Short term is used to describe things that will last for a short time, or things that will have an effect soon rather than in the distant future. Investors weren t concerned about short term profits over the next few… …

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  • 6short-term — short′ term′ adj. 1) covering or involving a relatively short period of time: short term memory[/ex] 2) maturing after a relatively short period of time: a short term loan[/ex] 3) ste bus (of a capital gain or loss) derived from the sale or… …

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  • 7short-term — [shôrt′tʉrm΄] adj. 1. for or extending over a short time 2. designating or of a capital gain, loan, etc. that involves a relatively short period, usually of less than a year …

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  • 8short-term capital gain — A profit on the sale of a security or mutual fund share that has been held for one year or less. A short term capital gain is taxed as ordinary income. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary …

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  • 9gain — A profit on a securities transaction recognized by selling a security for more than the security originally cost. The gain is the difference between the cost and the sale. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. gain gain 1 [geɪn] …

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  • 10gain — 1 /geIn/ verb 1 GET STH (T) to obtain or achieve something important or valuable: She gained high grades in English and Math. | After gaining independence in 1957, it was renamed Ghana . | when radical left parties gained control of local… …

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