book cost
noun [C or U] ACCOUNTINGDefinition
› the cost of an asset as recorded in a company's accounts, which may be different to its real value: They have a portfolio of 15 properties, seven of which have been sold at a significant surplus to book cost.
(Definition of book cost noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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