capital gain
noun/ˌkæpɪtl ˈɡeɪn/
/ˌkæpɪtl ˈɡeɪn/
[usually plural] (economics)- a profit that you make from selling something, especially property
- Keeping taxes low on capital gains encourages investment.
- They realized a capital gain from the sale of their investments.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCapital gains is used before these nouns:- tax
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