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Definition of capital gain noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

capital gain

noun
 
/ˌkæpɪtl ˈɡeɪn/
 
/ˌkæpɪtl ˈɡeɪn/
[usually plural] (economics)
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  1. a profit that you make from selling something, especially property
    • Keeping taxes low on capital gains encourages investment.
    • They realized a capital gain from the sale of their investments.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCapital gains is used before these nouns:
    • tax
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