profit-taking

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

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Meanings

nounprofit-taking (countable and uncountable, plural profit-takings)

plural profit-takings

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of profit taking.
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profit-taking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profit-taking

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“profit-taking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profit-taking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “profit-taking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profit-taking.

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