"capital gain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: capital gains [plural]
Etymology: capital + gain Head templates: {{en-noun}} capital gain (plural capital gains)
  1. (economics) An increase in the value of a capital asset. Categories (topical): Economics Translations (an increase in the value of a capital asset): plusvàlua [feminine] (Catalan), guany de capital [masculine] (Catalan), 資本利得 (Chinese Mandarin), 资本利得 (zīběnlìdé) (Chinese Mandarin), værdistigning [common-gender] (Danish), kapitalgajno (Esperanto), arvonnousu (Finnish), plus-value [feminine] (French), Kapitalertrag [feminine] (German), keuntungan modal (Indonesian), gnóthachan caipitiúil [masculine] (Irish), plusvalenza [feminine] (Italian), laba modal (Malay), mais-valia [feminine] (Portuguese), câștig de capital [neuter] (Romanian), приро́ст капита́ла (priróst kapitála) [masculine] (Russian), plusvalía [feminine] (Spanish), kapitalvinst [common-gender] (Swedish), ennill cylalaf [masculine] (Welsh)
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  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. Categories (topical): Business, Finance Translations (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): kapitalindkomst [common-gender] (Danish), myyntivoitto (Finnish), Veräußerungserlös [masculine] (German), Veräußerungsgewinn [masculine] (German), gnóthachan caipitiúil [masculine] (Irish), plusvalenza [feminine] (Italian), zysk kapitałowy [masculine] (Polish), plusvalía [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-capital_gain-en-noun-HbzxBbJt Topics: business, finance Disambiguation of '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': 25 75

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Veräußerungserlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Veräußerungsgewinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnóthachan caipitiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plusvalenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zysk kapitałowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "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",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plusvalía"
    }
  ],
  "word": "capital gain"
}

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