gain (or loss)

  • 81realized profit or 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 …

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  • 82To gain ground — Gain Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gained} (g[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaining}.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin[=o]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide …

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  • 83To gain over — Gain Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gained} (g[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaining}.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin[=o]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide …

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  • 84To gain the wind — Gain Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gained} (g[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaining}.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin[=o]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide …

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  • 85To be at a loss — Loss Loss (l[o^]s; 115), n. [AS. los loss, losing, fr. le[ o]san to lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, v. t.] 1. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. [1913… …

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  • 86To bear a loss — Loss Loss (l[o^]s; 115), n. [AS. los loss, losing, fr. le[ o]san to lose. [root]127. See {Lose}, v. t.] 1. The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. [1913… …

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  • 87loss-and-gain account — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun : income account 2 …

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  • 88Round-trip gain — refers to the laser physics, and laser cavitys (or laser resonators).It is gain, integrated along a ray, which makes a round trip in the cavity.At the continuous wave operation, the round trip gain gain exactly compensate both, the output… …

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  • 89Cigarette smoking for weight loss — is a practice dating to early knowledge of nicotine as an appetite suppressant. Tobacco use was associated with appetite suppression among pre Columbian indigenous Americans, and old world Europeans.[1] For decades, tobacco companies have… …

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  • 90Log-distance path loss model — The log distance path loss model is a radio propagation model that predicts the path loss a encounters inside a building or densely populated areas over distance.Applicable to / Under conditionsThe model is applicable to indoor propagation… …

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