capital gain

English

Etymology

capital + gain

Noun

capital gain (plural capital gains)

1. (economics) An increase in the value of a capital asset
2. (business, finance) An amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner.

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Antonyms

• capital loss

Translations

an increase in the value of a capital asset

• Danish: værdistigning c
• Esperanto: kapitalgajno
• Finnish: arvonnousu (fi)
• French: plus-value (fr) f
• Italian: plusvalenza (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Kapitalertrag (de) f
• Irish: gnóthachan caipitiúil m
• Portuguese: mais-valia (pt) f
• Romanian: câștig de capital n
• Russian: приро́ст капита́ла m (priróst kapitála)
• Spanish: plusvalía f

an amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner

• Danish: kapitalindkomst c
• Finnish: myyntivoitto
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Veräußerungserlös m, Veräußerungsgewinn m
• Irish: gnóthachan caipitiúil m
• Italian: plusvalenza (it) f
• Polish: zysk kapitałowy m
• Spanish: plusvalía f