Match the following terms with its opposite. gain
(1 point)
O loss
O deposit
• increase
• descend
gain - loss
increase - decrease or decrease - increase
descend - ascend or ascend - descend
Match each term with its opposite:
gain - loss
increase - decrease
deposit - withdraw (or withdrawal)
ascend - descend
To match the terms with their opposites:
1) gain - loss
To find the opposite of gain, we can think of it as the opposite of "gaining" something. The opposite of gaining is losing, so the opposite of gain is loss.
2) increase - decrease
When we talk about increasing something, we mean to make it larger or more. The opposite of increasing is decreasing, which means to make something smaller or less.
So, the correct matches are:
gain - loss
increase - decrease