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An estimate the value of an asset that would be fair, taking account of the advantages of the transaction to  a seller and to a buyer - sometimes used in accounting when a market price cannot be determined.
An accounting convention under which  the balance sheet valuation of an asset is an estimate of a price that would be fair to both  a seller and  a buyer of that asset, taking account of the advantages of the transaction to each (replacing the "historical" convention under which assets were valued at the price at which they had been acquired).

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Fair value [r]: An accounting convention under which the balance sheet valuation of an asset is an estimate of a price that would be fair to both a seller and a buyer of that asset, taking account of the advantages of the transaction to each (replacing the "historical" convention under which assets were valued at the price at which they had been acquired).