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index 2 definition - business

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To adjust a variable by a selected measure of relative value. For example, some individuals have proposed that an investor's cost basis on a security be indexed for changes in consumer prices so that only real increases in value will be taxed. See also subindex.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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