moins-value

French

Etymology

From moins +‎ Old French value (whence évaluer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwɛ̃.va.ly/

Noun

moins-value f (plural moins-values)

1. (economics, business, finance) capital loss (decrease in the value of a capital asset; amount by which the proceeds of the sale of a capital asset by its owner are less than its cost to the owner)

   Antonym: plus-value

Further reading

• “moins-value”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.