noun
unrealized loss; paper loss
Finance term for a loss that exists on paper due to a decline in the market value of an asset that has not yet been sold. Contrasts with 含み益 (unrealized gain).
See also: 含み益
株価が下がって、含み損が膨らんでいる。
The stock price has fallen, and my unrealized loss is growing.
含み損を抱えたまま決算を迎えた。
We reached the end of the fiscal period still holding unrealized losses.