BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Abandonment Value
- the value that an investment has if it is terminated at a particular time before it is scheduled to end
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- External links 2009-02-22
- Introducing the ChannelAdvisor Ecommerce Framework
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- External links 2009-02-11
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- Blog posts 2008-07-09
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-30
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- External links 2009-04-21
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