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profit tak·ing

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  1. profit takingnoun

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

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of profit taking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of profit taking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of profit taking in a Sentence

  1. Emanuele Rigamonti:

    Today the European markets opened on a softer note, possibly pondering the alternative scenario of less market friendliness by the Fed, along with some profit taking on recent strength.

  2. Yang Hai:

    Once bitten, twice shy. Investors burnt by last year's market crash are still too scared to enter the market, which is why we see a trading pattern of quick profit-taking.

  3. Ben Le Brun:

    It's around a healthy profit-taking.

  4. Ahmed Saeed Khan:

    Profit-taking was seen in the banking sector that remained mostly negative throughout the day despite the news of China easing rules for Pakistani banks to operate in the country.

  5. Michael James:

    We’ve had a pretty significant bounce, today is just a bit of profit-taking from those that have benefited from the significant move.

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