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realization

1 6.0

Turning assets into cash by selling property or stocks

noun
/ˌriːəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Specialized

: realización (de activos)

The realization from the sale of his stocks helped fund his retirement plans.

Were they free or was there a paying tax you had to pay in order to get that realization?

Examples

The more up the market goes, the more down it will come when this realization sets in.

Blog text (8)
If one avenue toward its realization is blocked, it surges out through another channel.

Academic text (1990)
For these households, we observe a realization of the random response coefficient.

Academic text (1990)
They basically treat death as the ultimate realization event of your assets that is at death with some exemptions.
The company's realization of its assets from selling old equipment provided much-needed cash flow.
After the realization of his investment in the property, he was able to pay off his debts.

Synonyms

divestment

vsrealization

Literature

3 6.0

Selling investments or parts of a company to stop owning them

focuses on converting assets into cash or the money received

Antonyms

purchase

208 1.4

An item or service someone has bought

Compounds

self-realization

2 7.5

To become the best you can be

How Real

realization

Specialized

1 6.0

capital gain

Specialized

140 5.4

gain

Specialized

559 2.3

paper profit

Specialized

1 5.1

Surface Forms

realization singular

realizations plural

realisations plural

realisation singular

Morphology

realization = realize (semi-transparent) = real + ize + ation

Standard nominalization of the verb 'realize' by adding '-ation' to form an abstract noun.

Etymology

Realization comes from realize, which means to make something 'real', and the -ation part shows an action or result. In finance, think of making an asset 'real' by turning it into cash, so a realization is the sale that gives real money.