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Meaning of profit taking | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The act of extracting profit, as cash or equivalent, from an investment, often by selling part of it.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“The stock market was down today amid profit taking, the share holders wanted to get some of the increase in stock price as cash while they could.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

profit warning profit-à-prendre profit, gain, earnings profit, money-making Profitability Profitable