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单词 paper profit
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paper profit
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌpeɪ.pə ˈprɒf.ɪt/us
/ˌpeɪ.pɚ ˈprɑː.fɪt/
aprofitthat isshowninfinancialrecordsbut has notyetbeen made by acompany,especiallybecause it iswaitingforpaymentsit isowed:
（尚未实现的）账面利润
Thecompanymade apaperprofitlastyear, but they still gotridof sixemployees.从账面上看，这家公司去年还算是盈利的，但他们仍然辞掉了6名员工。
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(Definition ofpaper profitfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

paper profit| Business English

paper profit
noun[CorU]
FINANCE
uk
us
(alsopaper gain)
anincreasein thevalueof aninvestment, etc. thatappearsinaccounts, but that does notinvolvearealincreaseincash, forexamplesharesthat haveriseninvaluebut that have not beensold:
Thecompanyhas 1 millionshareoptionswhich areshowingapaperprofitof about £135,000.
(Definition ofpaper profitfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpaper profit

paper profit
When there is a take-over bid or reconstruction and the company does not voluntarily sell the securities it technically makes apaperprofit.
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It will show apaperprofitbecause they will be valued up, but there will not be any money in the till.
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On that day the stags made an actual profit—not apaperprofit: but by selling their allocations they made an actual profit of £324 million.
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As a result, they are all sitting pretty on apaperprofitof nearly half a million pounds.
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As freeholders, theirpaperprofiton assets doubled, and in some cases trebled, overnight.
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The income tax authorities tax that profit—which is, in most cases, largely apaperprofitand not a cash one.
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That is, of course, only apaperprofit.
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Even though one is earning a higher rate ofpaperprofit, it is extraordinary how often one finds that one is not fully maintaining the value of the assets.
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The tax on thepaperprofit, that is, in terms of currency, is the only one which can be used by the tax gatherer in deciding our affairs.
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In either case he has done nothing wrong, and indeed he has made no money—he has apaperprofiton an asset he wishes to retain.
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Surely, it is not apaperprofit.
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Moreover, it will be regretted that already overseas investors who are not taxpayers in this country will have made apaperprofitof somewhere in the region of £150 million.
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That is apaperprofitof £1,500.
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When the fund sells investments at a profit, it turns or reclassifies thatpaperprofitor unrealized gain into an actual or realized gain.
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In 2009, it pared its stake to less than 5%, realizing a $1.6 billion profit, with another $1.6 billionpaperprofiton its remaining holding.
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