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Fair Value

Definition: Fair value is the price that two willing parties are will to pay for an asset or liability, preferably in an active market. A less accurate measure of fair value is when there is an active market for a similar item, while the least accurate measurement method is to use discounted cash flows associated with the future performance of the item.