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 depreciation

  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)