wash sale

W w

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wosh, wawsh seyl]
- /wɒʃ, wɔʃ seɪl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wosh, wawsh seyl]
- /wɒʃ, wɔʃ seɪl/

Definitions of wash sale words

noun wash sale a sale of a stock at a loss and repurchase of the same or substantially identical stock within 30 days, for which the capital loss is disallowed for tax purposes. 1
noun wash sale the simultaneous purchase and sale of large amounts of a stock or commodity by the same speculator so as to give a false appearance of wide market activity and interest in the stock or commodity. 1
noun wash sale the illegal stock-exchange practice of buying and selling the same securities at an inflated price through a colluding broker to give the impression that the security has a strong market 0
noun wash sale the pretended trading of stock, accomplished by buying shares at one broker and simultaneously selling an equal number of shares at another broker, in order to make trade in that stock appear active: an illegal practice 0
noun wash sale A wash sale is the act of selling a security at a loss and then buying the same security again shortly after. 0

See all 5 definitions of wash sale

Information block about the term

Origin of wash sale

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1840-50

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Wash sale

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Wash sale

wash sale popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 68% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

wash sale usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer