Usually means: Profit from selling an asset.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word capital gain:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. capital gain: Merriam-Webster
  2. capital gain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. capital gain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. capital gain: Collins English Dictionary
  5. capital gain: Vocabulary.com
  6. capital gain: Wiktionary
  7. capital gain: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. capital gain: Dictionary.com
  9. Capital Gain, Capital gain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. capital gain: Rhymezone
  11. capital gain: FreeDictionary.org
  12. capital gain: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. capital gain: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. capital gain: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. capital gain: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. CAPITAL GAIN: Accounting Glossary
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Capital gain: bizterms.net
  8. capital gain: Finance-Glossary.com
  9. MSN Money (No longer online)
  10. Capital Gain: Investopedia
  11. Capital gain: Securities Terminology
  12. capital gain: Legal dictionary
  13. capital gain: Financial dictionary
  14. Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary (No longer online)
  15. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)
  16. Capital Gain: WashingtonPost.com: Business
  17. Yahoo Tax Center Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See capital_gains as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (capital gain)

noun:  (economics) An increase in the value of a capital asset.
noun:  (business, finance) An amount by which the value or the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner exceed its cost to the owner.

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