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BED AND BREAKFASTING Definition & Legal Meaning

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In the UK markets, the practice of selling COMMON STOCK of a company on one day and repurchasing it the following day in order to establish a gain or loss for tax purposes; bed and breakfasting was outlawed starting in 1997. See also WASH SALE.

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