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* [[IAS 16]]
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* [[IAS 38]]
* [[IAS 38]]
* [[Impairment]]
* [[Intrinsic value]]
* [[Intrinsic value]]
* [[Large-cap]]
* [[Large-cap]]
* [[Listed company]]
* [[Listed company]]
* [[Mid-cap]]
* [[Mid-cap]]
* [[Recognition]]
* [[Re-equitisation]]
* [[Re-equitisation]]
* [[Revaluation]]
* [[Shareholder value]]
* [[Shareholder value]]
* [[Small-cap]]
* [[Small-cap]]

Revision as of 12:02, 31 January 2023

1. Financial accounting.

When a fixed asset is purchased the cost is not debited to the income statement (or profit and loss account).

Instead the debit is to the balance sheet, creating an asset.


2. Market value.

The total market value of a firm's capital.


3. Capital amount.

The adequacy of the amount and nature of an organisation's capital, particularly the capital of a bank.


4. Equity.

The total market value of a listed company's equity.

Sometimes known as the 'equity market capitalisation'.


See also