unrealized profit or loss

unrealized profit or loss definition - finance
A profit or loss that has been incurred in an investment but that hasnÂ’t been realized yet because the investment hasnÂ’t been sold, which would make it realized. Also called a paper profit or loss.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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