UNEARNED INCREMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unearned increment mean? 

• UNEARNED INCREMENT (noun)
  The noun UNEARNED INCREMENT has 1 sense:

1. an unearned rise in the market value of property resulting from general market factors

  Familiarity information: UNEARNED INCREMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNEARNED INCREMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unearned rise in the market value of property resulting from general market factors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("unearned increment" is a kind of...):

financial gain (the amount of monetary gain)