profit taking

noun

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

“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.”

Opposite
buying the dip
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Meanings

nounprofit taking (countable and uncountable, plural profit takings)

plural profit takings · alternative profit-taking

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

    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.

    Antonyms: buying the dip

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Opposite
buying the dip
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APA

profit taking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profit%20taking

MLA

“profit taking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profit%20taking. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “profit taking,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profit%20taking.

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