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profit taking

profit taking noun: the act of extracting profit, as cash or equivalent, from an investment, often by selling part of it.

Noun

profit taking (countable and uncountable, plural profit takings)

  1. The act of extracting profit, as cash or equivalent, from an investment, often by selling part of it.
    • The stock market was down today amid profit taking, the share holders wanted to get some of the increase in stock price as cash while they could.
    Antonyms:
    buying the dip

profit taking meaning in Tamil

profit taking in Tamil

இலாபம் எடுத்தல்

Antonyms of profit taking

Forms of profit taking

pluralprofit takings
alternative formprofit-taking

Questions about profit taking

What does profit taking mean?
Profit taking means the act of extracting profit, as cash or equivalent, from an investment, often by selling part of it.
What is profit taking in Tamil?
Profit taking in Tamil is இலாபம் எடுத்தல். See Profit taking meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is profit taking?
Profit taking is a noun.
What is the plural of profit taking?
The plural of profit taking is profit takings.

Words near profit taking in the dictionary

  1. profit motive
  2. profit motives
  3. profit share
  4. profit shares
  5. profit sharing
  6. profit taking
  7. profit takings
  8. profit warning
  9. profit warnings
  10. profit à prendre
  11. profit-a-prendre

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