paper profits

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paper profit
Apparent profit shown in accounts but not realized in an expendable form

The company had paper profits of two million dollars, but everyone knew that depreciation neant they had really lost 10 million.

paper profit
an unrealized gain on an investment calculated by subtracting the investor's cost from the current market price
paper profit
profit which is impossible to realize, profit calculated but is not realistic