paper profit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of paper profit
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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By the close those gains were trimmed back to 9.4 percent, but Berkshire was still sitting on a paper profit of nearly $3 billion.
From Reuters • Aug. 26, 2011
Warrants that Buffett negotiated as part of the deal give Berkshire a paper profit of more than $2 billion.
From BusinessWeek • Mar. 1, 2011
If we now take into account all the investments in Northern Rock and RBS, as well as Lloyds, the paper profit is closer to £7.4bn.
From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2010
Carlyle, for example, recently closed a $2.3 billion fund, having realized a five-times paper profit on its investment in insurer China Pacific.
From New York Times • May 17, 2010
Teasing you along, letting you pile up a little paper profit, then bang!
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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