PAPER PROFIT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("paper profit" is a kind of...):

gain (the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating)

Antonym:

paper loss (an unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost)

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