salvage value

salvage value definition - legal

n

An assetÂ’s value after it has become useless to the owner. It is often figured through some means of depreciation and must be subtracted from the basis.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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