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.

Antonyms

• capital loss

Translations

an increase in the value of a capital asset

• Finnish: arvonnousu (fi)
• French: plus-value (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: gnóthachan caipitiúil m
• Russian: приро́ст капита́ла m (priróst kapitála)

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

• Finnish: myyntivoitto
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: gnóthachan caipitiúil m

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: plusvalenza (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: plusvalía f