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book value

noun

  1. the value of a business, property, etc., as stated in a book of accounts ( market value ).
  2. total assets minus all liabilities; net worth.


book value

noun

  1. the value of an asset of a business according to its books
    1. the net capital value of an enterprise as shown by the excess of book assets over book liabilities
    2. the value of a share computed by dividing the net capital value of an enterprise by its issued shares Compare par value market value
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of book value1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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Example Sentences

Goldman trades at 1.6 times book value, while JP Morgan Chase trades at one times book.

On March 16, Bear Stearns lost nearly all of its book value and had to be sold at rock-bottom prices to JPMorgan Chase.

This may be taken as accountable for the fact that "mill stocks usually sell below their book value."

Prior to the maturing of a share it has two values, the holding or book value and the withdrawal value.

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