adjusted basis

adjusted basis definition - finance
The price of an asset or security that has been altered to reflect commissions paid, improvements made to the asset, or stock splits that have occurred. Adjusted basis is used for income tax purposes.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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