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wash sales

wash sales is the plural of wash sale.

Meaning of wash sale

Noun

wash sale (plural wash sales)

  1. The sale of a security at a loss, and repurchase of the same or substantially identical security shortly before or after; used in tax evasion.

Questions about wash sales

What is wash sales the plural of?
Wash sales is the plural of wash sale.

Words near wash sales in the dictionary

  1. wash out one's mouth
  2. wash over
  3. wash room
  4. wash rooms
  5. wash sale
  6. wash sales
  7. wash stand
  8. wash stands
  9. wash trade
  10. wash trades
  11. wash trading

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