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bed-and-breakfast deal

bed-and-breakfast deal noun: the practice of selling a position on the last trading day of the year to establish a tax loss, and then repurchasing early on the first session of the new trading year, to restore the position.

Noun

bed-and-breakfast deal (plural bed-and-breakfast deals)

  1. (UK) The practice of selling a position on the last trading day of the year to establish a tax loss, and then repurchasing early on the first session of the new trading year, to restore the position.

Synonyms of bed-and-breakfast deal

Forms of bed-and-breakfast deal

pluralbed-and-breakfast deals

Origin of bed-and-breakfast deal

From the idea that one might stay in a bed and breakfast, since the trades take place on two consecutive days.

Questions about bed-and-breakfast deal

What does bed-and-breakfast deal mean?
Bed-and-breakfast deal means the practice of selling a position on the last trading day of the year to establish a tax loss, and then repurchasing early on the first session of the new trading year, to restore the position.
What part of speech is bed-and-breakfast deal?
Bed-and-breakfast deal is a noun.
What is the plural of bed-and-breakfast deal?
The plural of bed-and-breakfast deal is bed-and-breakfast deals.

Words near bed-and-breakfast deal in the dictionary

  1. bed wrench
  2. bed wrenches
  3. bed's head
  4. bed's heads
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  7. bed-and-breakfast deals
  8. bed-and-breakfast transaction
  9. bed-and-breakfast transactions
  10. bed-and-breakfasted
  11. bed-and-breakfasting

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