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Assets held for sale

Accounting
Also called: Held for sale, Disposal group

A balance-sheet classification for assets and liabilities whose value is expected to be recovered principally through a sale rather than through continuing use.

In plain terms

Made before the sale completes, and it pulls the division out of its usual lines into one block. Depreciation on those assets stops from the date of classification.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya