PAPER PROFIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

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

gain (the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating)

Antonym:

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