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profit takings

profit takings is the plural of profit taking.

Meaning of profit taking

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

Questions about profit takings

What is profit takings the plural of?
Profit takings is the plural of profit taking.

Words near profit takings in the dictionary

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

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