Simply type in the name of the company
whos symbol you wish to lookup and submit.
Cost basis
Definition 1
Purchase price, including commissions and other Expense , used to determine Capital gains and Capital losses for Tax purposes.
Definition 2
The cost of an Asset used to determine Tax liabilities. This number is the Purchase price, including Capital gains and losses, Accrued interest , and other fees. also called tax Basis .
Definition 3
The difference between the Cash price and the Futures price of a given commodity.
Related Terms: 21
Asset , Accrued interest , Basis , Capital , Capital loss , Cash , Commission , Call , Cap , Cash price , CLU , Expense , Futures , Futures price , FIN , Interest , Inc. , Purchase , Term , Tax , Tax basis
Semi Related Terms: 749 CLICK HERE TO VIEW
12b-1 funds ,
Accelerated Cost Recovery System ,
Accrual basis accounting ,
Accrued expense ,
Acquisition cost ,
Active asset ,
Adjusted basis ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Asset ,
Asset/equity ratio ,
Asset management account ,
Accrual of discount ,
Accrued interest ,
Accrued market discount ,
After-tax basis ,
Amortization of premium ,
Asked price ,
Asking price ,
Asset-backed security ,
Asset swap ,
All or any part ,
At call ,
Accrued dividend ,
Accumulated earnings tax ,
Adjusted futures price ,
All-risks coverage ,
Asset acquisition ,
Asset class ,
Asset financing ,
Add-on service ,
Abstract of title ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
Amortization term ,
Asset-based finance ,
Asset-based lending ,
Asset conversion loan ,
Assignment of mortgage ,
A shares ,
Asset allocation fund ,
Asset turnover ,
Average price per share ,
Aggregate exercise price ,
At the money ,
After-tax contributions ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Abusive tax shelter ,
After-tax ,
Alternative Minimum Tax ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Below the line ,
Books of final entry ,
Books of original entry ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Benchmark interest rate ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Bureau of Public Debt ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Balance of payments ,
Base interest rate ,
Basis point ,
Board of Governors ,
Basis ,
Basis trading ,
Buying basis ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
Bill of sale ,
Breach of trust ,
By the book ,
Bank term loan ,
B shares ,
Buy and write ,
Before-tax income ,
Break-even tax rate ,
Breadth-of-market theory ,
Beat the gun ,
Capital ,
Capital appreciation ,
Capital asset ,
Capital efficiency ,
Capital expenditure ,
Capital growth ,
Capital investment ,
Capitalized cost ,
Capitalized interest ,
Capital liability ,
Capital loss ,
Capital resource ,
Cash ,
Cash asset ratio ,
Cash basis ,
Cash budget ,
Cash control ,
Cash conversion cycle ,
Cash cycle ,
Cash earnings ,
Cash equivalence ,
Cash journal ,
Cash ratio ,
Cost Accounting ,
Cost Of Goods Sold ,
Cost of sales ,
Current liabilities ,
Cash reserves ,
Commission ,
Compound interest ,
Call ,
Call date ,
Called away ,
Called bond ,
Call price ,
Call protection ,
Call risk ,
Cap ,
Capital market ,
Capital structure ,
Cash equivalents ,
Certificate of Participation ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Commodity-backed bond ,
Conversion parity price ,
Conversion price ,
CUSIP number ,
Call money rate ,
Cash account ,
Code of procedure ,
Commission house ,
Cash dividend ,
Capitalization of income ,
Cap rate ,
Capital account ,
Capital consumption allowance ,
Capital formation ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Cost of Living Adjustment ,
Cost-of-living index ,
Council of Economic Advisers ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Cash commodity ,
Cash market ,
Cash price ,
Cash settlement ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodity Exchange ,
Commodity futures ,
Commodity Futures Trading Commission ,
Commodity paper ,
Commodity pool ,
Commodity-product spread ,
Commodity Trading Advisor ,
Cost basis ,
CINS number ,
Cash surrender value ,
Cash value ,
Cash value life insurance policy ,
Cash withdrawal ,
Casualty loss ,
CLU ,
Convertible term insurance ,
Cost-of-living rider ,
Capital budget ,
Capital gains distribution ,
Certificate of stock ,
Cost of carry ,
Certificate of title ,
Contract for deed ,
Cancellation of debt ,
Cash advance ,
Cash collateral ,
Cash credit ,
Cash-out refinancing ,
Certificate of Claim ,
Commitment fee ,
Consumer interest ,
Cost of debt capital ,
Cost of funds ,
Capital appreciation fund ,
C shares ,
Call option ,
Call ratio backspread ,
Call swaption ,
Class of options ,
Close to the money ,
Covered call ,
Cash Against Documents ,
Certificate of Occupancy ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash-balance plan ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Capital Asset Pricing Model ,
Capital commitment ,
Cash sale ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Contributed capital ,
Crash of 1929 ,
Crash of 1987 ,
Capital gains tax ,
Capital loss carryover ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Consolidated tax return ,
Coefficient of determination ,
Cup and handle ,
Cash buying ,
Cash delivery ,
Certificate of delivery ,
Close a position ,
Closing price ,
Closing purchase ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Corporate venture capital ,
Deferred tax ,
Depreciated cost ,
Discretionary expense ,
Deposit in transit ,
Date of issue ,
Date of payment ,
Debt capital ,
Deferred interest bond ,
Dollar price ,
Division of Enforcement ,
Division of Investment Management ,
Division of Market Regulation ,
Date of record ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Desk (the) ,
Division of labor ,
Delivery price ,
Decreasing term life ,
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Doing business as ,
Durable Power of Attorney ,
Date of maturity ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Deed of Release ,
Deed of Trust ,
Discharge of bankruptcy ,
Discharge of lien ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Dollar cost averaging ,
Dual-purpose fund ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Deed of Surrender ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Depth of market ,
Earning asset ,
Expense ,
Effective annual interest rate ,
Eurodollar certificate of deposit ,
Exact interest ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Ex-legal ,
Either-or order ,
Employer Cost Index ,
Employment Cost Index ,
E-mini ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Exchange versus cash ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
Effective tax rate ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,
Ex-all ,
Explicit interest ,
Exit fee ,
Ex-warrants ,
Estate tax ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Equity capital ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
Earned income tax credit ,
Estimated tax ,
Excess profits tax ,
Excise tax ,
Financial asset ,
Financial capital ,
First In First Out ,
Fixed asset ,
Fixed cost ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
First call date ,
Flight to quality ,
Flow of funds ,
Full price ,
Federal Call ,
Fill or kill ,
Front-ending an order ,
Forward P/E ,
Factors of production ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Federal Trade Commission ,
Free market price ,
Financial futures ,
Forward price ,
Futures ,
Futures contract ,
Futures option ,
Futures price ,
Fee-for-service ,
Form S-1 ,
Friends and family offering ,
Forward interest rate ,
Full faith and credit ,
Family of funds ,
Fund of funds ,
Free and clear ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
Federal Tax Identification Number ,
Federal tax lien ,
FIN ,
Flat tax ,
Franchise tax ,
G-7 ,
GDP implicit price deflator ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Gift tax ,
Hidden asset ,
Historical cost ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House call ,
House of issue ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
Holder in due course ,
Home equity line of credit ,
HUD-1 statement ,
Hidden tax ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
Horizontal price movement ,
Inactive asset ,
Intangible asset ,
Interest-bearing ,
In escrow ,
Interest rate collar ,
Interest rate risk ,
Interest rate swap ,
Intermediate-term ,
International Securities Identification Number ,
Invested capital ,
In-house ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
In line ,
Interest rate futures ,
Insurable interest ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Interest ,
Interest expense ,
Internal Rate of Return ,
Indication of interest ,
Inc. ,
In intestacy ,
Inter vivos trust ,
Imputed interest ,
Interest deduction ,
Interest-only loan ,
Interest rate ,
Interest rate cap ,
Interest rate ceiling ,
Interest rate floor ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Interest rate option ,
I/O strip ,
Inchoate interest ,
Inheritance tax ,
Interest-only strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Individual tax return ,
Imbalance of orders ,
In and out ,
In sympathy ,
In the tank ,
Invisible venture capital ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Joint tax return ,
Last In First Out ,
Lender of last resort ,
Law of one price ,
Long-term ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Limit price ,
Law of demand ,
Law of supply ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ,
Level term insurance ,
Long-term care insurance ,
Long-term debt ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Letter of comment ,
Lifetime cap ,
Line of credit ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Long-term mortgage ,
Lease-purchase agreement ,
Long-term lease ,
Large cap ,
Leading the market ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Loss carryover ,
Luxury tax ,
Level I quotes ,
Modified cash basis ,
Market conversion price ,
Medium-term ,
Medium-term bond ,
Maintenance call ,
Maintenance fee ,
Make a market ,
Margin call ,
Market if touched order ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Money at call ,
Mortgage interest deduction ,
Market cap ,
Medium-cap ,
Micro cap ,
Mid cap ,
Maximum price fluctuation ,
Net interest margin ,
Non-cash expense ,
Noncurrent asset ,
Noncurrent liabilities ,
Non-financial asset ,
Negotiable certificate of deposit ,
Negotiable Order of Withdrawal ,
Non-interest-bearing note ,
Notice of Sale ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
Net capital ratio ,
Nominal asset ,
National Futures Association ,
New York Futures Exchange ,
Net Asset Value ,
Null and void ,
Nonperforming asset ,
Notice of Default ,
Non-resident alien tax ,
Naked call ,
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ,
Nasdaq Small Cap Market ,
Nominal capital ,
Off the books ,
Operating cash flows ,
Original cost ,
Other current assets ,
Other long term liabilities ,
Office of Thrift Supervision ,
Ordinary interest ,
Offering price ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Other income ,
Open interest ,
Opinion of title ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Origination fee ,
Option price ,
Out of the money ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
Ordinary loss ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Permanent capital ,
Petty cash ,
Pooling of interests ,
Pre-tax profit margin ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Provisional call feature ,
Public purpose bond ,
Purchase ,
Payment for order flow ,
Purpose loan ,
P&L ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Price index ,
Producer Price Index ,
Parity price ,
Physical commodity ,
Price limit ,
Public offering price ,
Power of Attorney ,
Personal interest ,
Prepaid interest ,
Prioritization of debt ,
Purchase-money mortgage ,
Price spread ,
Passive loss ,
Property tax ,
Purchase agreement ,
Plan asset ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Perfect capital market ,
Preservation of capital ,
Progressive tax ,
Proportional tax ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Paper loss ,
Price range ,
Price-weighted index ,
Put/call ratio ,
Real asset ,
Replacement cost ,
Reports and Records ,
Return of capital ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Real interest rate ,
Redemption price ,
Reading the tape ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Round of funding ,
Rule 15c3-1 ,
Rules of Fair Practice ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reciprocal of European terms ,
Retail Price Index ,
Replacement cost insurance ,
Regulation A ,
Right of first refusal ,
Right of rescission ,
Right to Know ,
Revolving line of credit ,
Right of recourse ,
Rule of 78 ,
Redemption fee ,
Right of redemption ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Regressive tax ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Rate of return ,
Real rate of return ,
Risk capital ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Stranded asset ,
Sales fee ,
Savings and Loan ,
Short-term reserves ,
Sight letter of credit ,
Simple interest ,
S&L ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Series EE bond ,
Short-term ,
SEC fee ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell the book ,
Split commission ,
Stop-loss ,
Stop price ,
Standard of living ,
Series 3 ,
Settlement price ,
Single stock futures ,
Soft commodity ,
Spot commodity ,
Spot price ,
Strong basis ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Short interest ,
Short interest ratio ,
Subscription price ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Satisfaction of debt ,
Security interest ,
Staggered board of directors ,
Selling the spread ,
Special use property ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Social Security Tax ,
Share price ,
Small cap ,
Split-adjusted price ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
Short purchase ,
Sales tax ,
S Corporation ,
Self-employment tax ,
Separate tax returns ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Sin tax ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Seek a market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Stop and reverse ,
Seed capital ,
Tangible asset ,
Times interest earned ,
Total cost ,
Term CD ,
Tax anticipation note ,
Tax-exempt bond ,
Tax renevue anticipation note ,
T-Bill ,
Term ,
Term bond ,
Term to maturity ,
Take a position ,
Trailing P/E ,
Tax haven ,
Term insurance ,
Tax ,
Tax schedule ,
Total asset turnover ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
Term deposit ,
Term loan ,
Truth in Lending ,
Tax-free bond fund ,
Tax-managed fund ,
Term trust ,
Tax lien ,
Tax roll ,
Transfer tax ,
Tax deferral ,
Tax-deferred ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Tax-advantaged ,
Tax audit ,
Tax base ,
Tax basis ,
Tax bracket ,
Tax-deductible ,
Tax deduction ,
Tax-efficient ,
Tax evasion ,
Tax-exempt ,
Tax identification number ,
Tax loss carryback ,
Tax loss carryforward ,
Tax lot ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax planning ,
Tax preference item ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Tax return ,
Tax sale ,
Tax shelter ,
Tax shield ,
Tax swap ,
Tax tables ,
Take a bath ,
Target price ,
Term repo ,
Term sheet ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Unlimited tax bond ,
Unearned interest ,
Uncovered call ,
Unified Tax Credit ,
Unit of trade ,
Unit of trading ,
Unrealized loss ,
Value Added Tax ,
Venture capital ,
Venture capital limited partnership ,
Working capital ,
With interest ,
Wrap fee ,
Whisper number ,
Wage price spiral ,
Waiver of premium ,
Working capital loan ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
When, as, and if issued ,
X or XD ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares