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fair market value

the price at which property would be transferred from a willing seller to a willing buyer, each of whom has a reasonable knowledge of all pertinent facts concerning the property in question and similar properties on the market, and neither is under any compulsion to buy or sell. Most accountants consider fair market value to be slang for market value.

Source : U.S. Department of the Treasury

Language : English

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