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BOOK VALUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does book value mean? 

BOOK VALUE (noun)
  The noun BOOK VALUE has 1 sense:

1. the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciationplay

  Familiarity information: BOOK VALUE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOOK VALUE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet; equals cost minus accumulated depreciation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("book value" is a kind of...):

value (the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "book value"):

capital stock (the book value of the outstanding shares of a corporation)


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