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

• Catalan: plusvàlua f, guany de capital m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 資本利得／资本利得 (zīběnlìdé)

• Danish: værdistigning c
• Esperanto: kapitalgajno
• Finnish: arvonnousu (fi)
• French: plus-value (fr) f
• German: Kapitalertrag (de) f
• Indonesian: keuntungan modal
• Irish: gnóthachan caipitiúil m
• Italian: plusvalenza (it) f
• Malay: laba modal
• Portuguese: mais-valia (pt) f
• Romanian: câștig de capital n
• Russian: приро́ст капита́ла m (priróst kapitála)
• Spanish: plusvalía (es) f
• Swedish: kapitalvinst c
• Welsh: ennill cylalaf m

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
• German: Veräußerungserlös m, Veräußerungsgewinn m
• Irish: gnóthachan caipitiúil m
• Italian: plusvalenza (it) f
• Polish: zysk kapitałowy m
• Spanish: plusvalía (es) f