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  • 81book value —    In accounting, a determination of the value of a corporation s stock by adding up the stated value of corporate assets as shown on the books (i.e., records) and deducting all the liabilities (i.e., debts). This may not be the true value of the …

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  • 82watered stock — noun stock representing ownership of overvalued assets; stock of a corporation whose total worth is less than its invested capital • Hypernyms: ↑stock * * * watered stock, 1. U.S. cattle given little water while being driven to market, and then… …

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