"capital loss" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: capital losses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} capital loss (plural capital losses)
  1. (economics) A decrease in the value of a capital asset Categories (topical): Economics Translations (decrease in the value of a capital asset): luovutustappio (Finnish), pääomatappio (Finnish), minusvalenza [feminine] (Italian), kapitalförlust [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-capital_loss-en-noun-gb86EZ~B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Topics: economics, science, sciences Disambiguation of 'decrease in the value of a capital asset': 73 27
  2. (business, finance) An amount by which the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner are less than its cost to the owner. Categories (topical): Business, Finance
    Sense id: en-capital_loss-en-noun-Fy~D08DR Topics: business, finance

Inflected forms

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