| 单词 | capital gain |
| 释义 | > as lemmascapital gain capital gain n. a profit from the sale of investments or property; also figurative; cf. capital loss n. ΚΠ 1582 R. Hakluyt tr. Lett. Patent Henry VII in Diuers Voy. sig. A2v The foresaide John and his sonnes and heires, and their Deputies bee holden and bounden..to pay vnto vs in wares or money the fifth part of the Capitall gaine [L. capitalis lucri] so gotten. 1777 London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. June 456 The property, of such publications, by no means stands upon the footing of that of books; from the reprint of which the capital gain arises. 1957 J. Osborne Look Back in Anger ii. i. 56 Tell me, what could be more gilt-edged than the next world! It's a capital gain, and it's all yours. 2003 D. L. Scott Wall St. Words (ed. 3) 308 To qualify as a regulated investment company a firm must derive at least 90% of its income from dividends, interest, and capital gains. < as lemmas |
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