Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• HISTORICAL COST ACCOUNTING
  
  an accounting principle requiring all financial statement items to be based on original cost. It is usually based upon the dollar amount originally exchanged in an arm's-length transaction; an amount assumed to reflect the fair market value of an item at the transaction date.
  
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