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Book

A record maintained by a trading specialist of buy and sell orders for a given security.



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Buy the book

Buy the book

An order, typically from a large institutional investor to a broker to purchase all the shares available at the market from the specialist and other brokers and dealers at the current offer price. The book refers to the record a specialist kept before the advent of computers.


Book Entry

Book Entry

Registered ownership of stock without the issuance of a corresponding stock certificate, as is the case with dividend reinvestment and direct purchase plans, employee plans and Direct Registration System issuances. Periodic statements of ownership are issued instead of certificates.


Pass book

Pass book

A book of recorded transactions in a savings account, issued by banks and building societies in the UK in which a customer's deposits, withdrawals and interest are entered. The book is retained by the customer to give an indication of the running balance. See postal account.


Stockholder books

Stockholder books

Set of books kept by firm management for its annual report that follows Financial Accounting Standards Board rules. The tax books follow IRS tax rules.


Book value per share

Book value per share

The ratio of stockholder equity to the average number of stockholder equity. Book value per share should not be thought of as an indicator of economic worth, since it reflects accounting valuation (and not necessarily stockholder equity valuation).


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Guest book
Yellow Book
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Book Depreciation
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