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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The monetary amount by which an asset is valued on a company's balance sheet, a figure not necessarily identical to the amount the asset could bring on the open market.
- noun The value of a company's net assets at amounts reported on its balance sheet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The value of an asset as reflected on an entity's accounting books, without accounting for
appreciation ordepreciation . - noun The
price for which anitem orservice should be bought or sold, usually as related in aprinted collection of prices for similar items or services.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation
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