capital loss

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   the amount by which the purchase price of an asset exceeds the selling price; the loss is realized when the asset is sold

   Broaderfinancial loss

Questions about capital loss

What does capital loss mean?

capital loss means "the amount by which the purchase price of an asset exceeds the selling price; the loss is realized when the asset is sold".

Is capital loss a common word?

capital loss is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.