PAPER LOSS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An unrealized loss on an investment calculated by subtracting the current market price from the investor's cost

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("paper loss" is a kind of...):

loss; red; red ink (the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue)

Antonym:

paper profit (an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price)