capital loss
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈkæpɪtəl lɔs/
- Specialized
:
pérdida de capital
- She calculated her capital loss after selling her property for a lower price.
- capital loss may offset
- capital loss deduction
- suffer a capital loss
If you lost money in stocks, then that would be a capital loss.
- If you lost money in stocks, then that would be a capital loss.
- Yeah, it's a capital loss just as if you bought Apple stock and had a loss on Apple stock.
Examples
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If you sell your stock for less than you paid, you incur a capital loss.
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And as central banks suffer capital losses on their outstanding dollar reserves, they will start considering alternatives.
Academic text (2009) -
Yeah, it's a capital loss just as if you bought Apple stock and had a loss on Apple stock.
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This means that the opportunity for both large capital gains and large capital losses is limited.
Blog text (18) -
Capital gains are a source of income, and capital losses are a reduction in income.
Academic text (1992) -
The subsequent fire sale drove down the sterling exchange rate and magnified the capital losses incurred by holders of sterling.
Academic text (2012) -
With private parties recognizing that they would experience a capital loss on any long-term mortgage, it was unattractive for any private party to engage in the mortgage market.
Blog text (10) -
International investments may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuations in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles, or from economic or political instability in other nations.
Blog text (32) -
This means that in 2009, he reported only a $3K net capital loss (vs $12.6M net capital gain in 2010 - $16M+ before the loss carryover).
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Successful speculators would avoid capital losses and earn capital gains on their bond portfolios, even if their discretionary activity caused the CPI to remain on target so that no one profits from long or short positions on the index futures contracts.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
695
2.1
Money lost by a business or person
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3.0
A situation where a person or business has less money than before
Antonyms
- Specialized
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5.4
An increase in value when you sell something for more than you paid
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply combines 'capital' (invested funds/assets) and 'loss' (money lost) to denote losing invested funds; the core meaning is directly derivable from the constituents. Although it is a financial term with a specific legal/technical sense, an average B1 learner who knows both words will understand it as losing invested money, so it is compositionally transparent.
Etymology
Capital loss is a money term that joins capital, the money or valuable thing you put into an investment, and loss, what you lose when you sell it for less; so it means 'to lose money' when you sell an asset for less than you paid.