short-term gain
Quick financial benefit
Short-term gain is a benefit or profit realized quickly, often at the expense of longer-term interests.
The phrase typically carries a note of warning or criticism—that someone is prioritizing immediate rewards over sustainable outcomes: They sacrificed product quality for short-term gain.
In finance, short-term capital gains are profits from assets held briefly, often taxed at higher rates than long-term gains.
- quick buckHastily earned profit
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- smash and grabViolent quick robbery
- opportunismExploiting circumstances for gain
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
pump and dump · flip · speculation · gamble · cash out · shortcut · myopic · impulsive · reckless · temptation · greed · quarterly · sell the farm · bonus · payday · sellout · exploit · splurge
- investment taxesdividends, investment income, capital losses, capital loss, interest income
- taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund
short-term gaindelayed gratification
Postponing pleasure for benefit
long-term thinking · long-term investment · strategic planning · sustainable development · slow growth
short, shorter, shortest, shorten, shortened, shortening, shortly, shortness, shorts