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The term book value has several uses. It can refer to a single asset or the company as a whole. When referring to an individual asset, such as a piece of equipment, book value refers to the asset$$s $,$ adjusted for any accumulated depreciation or amortization expense. The value, or difference between these two values, is called the asset$$s book value.

In contrast, when the term refers to the entire company, it means the total value of the company$$s as reported in the firm$$s $.$