profit taker
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6.0
- noun
- Jargon
:
realizador de ganancias
- During a rising market, many investors become profit takers to secure their earnings.
Examples
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The profit takers entered the market just before the bull run peaked, cashing in on their shares.
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But as the trading session drew to a close, the profit takers stepped in and the long bond closed at ninety-seven even, up only two ticks, the yield inching down to six point zero seven percent...
Fiction book (2000) -
However, the last 36 hours or so have seen almost half of the week's gains chafed away by those pesky profit-takers (apparently).
Blog text (23) -
Therefore, if some investors overvalue the ERP implementation (driving up prices), profit takers will quickly cause an adjustment in value to reflect an equilibrium price.
Academic text (2001) -
As the stock prices climbed, the profit takers made swift decisions to sell their assets and realize gains.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person or company that buys and sells things to make money
2
2.8
A person who buys and sells company shares to make money
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'profit' (monetary gain) + 'taker' (one who takes); it denotes someone who takes/realizes profit. This noun–noun composition is a transparent, predictable pattern in English (and mirrored in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Profit taker paints a picture of a taker taking the profit — a trader who sells after a price rise to keep the extra money they have made. So, a profit taker is someone who 'cashes out' by selling an asset to make their gain real.