gain (or loss)

  • 71profit and loss — noun an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑profit and loss account • Hypernyms: ↑account, ↑accounting, ↑account statement * * * noun …

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  • 72realize a gain — realize a gain/profit/loss ► FINANCE to make or lose money when you sell something: »They re trading on an extremely short term basis and will sell once they can realize a profit. »Following liquidation of the portfolio, the County realized a… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 73profit and loss — n. the gain and loss as from business transactions: applied esp. to an INCOME STATEMENT (profit and loss statement) …

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  • 74chargeable gain — chargeable gain/chargeable loss Under the Taxation of Capital Gains Act 1992, a company is subject to corporation tax on capital gains at the same rate as for the remainder of its profits but the use of revenue losses to offset gains and of… …

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  • 75chargeable loss — chargeable gain/chargeable loss Under the Taxation of Capital Gains Act 1992, a company is subject to corporation tax on capital gains at the same rate as for the remainder of its profits but the use of revenue losses to offset gains and of… …

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  • 76realized loss — A capital gain or loss on securities held in a portfolio that has become actual by the sale or other type of surrender of one or many securities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * *    The cash loss from liquidating a position …

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  • 77realize a loss — realize a gain/profit/loss ► FINANCE to make or lose money when you sell something: »They re trading on an extremely short term basis and will sell once they can realize a profit. »Following liquidation of the portfolio, the County realized a… …

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  • 78realize a profit/loss — realize a gain/profit/loss ► FINANCE to make or lose money when you sell something: »They re trading on an extremely short term basis and will sell once they can realize a profit. »Following liquidation of the portfolio, the County realized a… …

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  • 79profit and loss — prof′it and loss′ n. bus the gain and loss arising from commercial transactions, esp. as shown on a balance sheet • Etymology: 1580–90 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 80profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied esp. to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business. [1580 90] * * * …

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