Basis

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Basis may refer to:

Finance and accounting

  • Adjusted basis, the net cost of an asset after adjusting for various tax-related items
  • Basis point, 0.01%, often used in the context of interest rates
  • Basis trading, a trading strategy consisting of the purchase of a security and the sale of a similar security
    • Basis of futures, the value differential between a future and the spot price
    • Basis (options), the value differential between a call option and a put option
    • Basis swap, an interest rate swap
  • Cost basis, in income tax law, the original cost of property adjusted for factors such as depreciation
  • Tax basis, cost of an asset

Mathematics and technology

Chemistry

  • Basis (crystal structure), the positions of the atoms inside the unit cell
  • Basis set (chemistry)
  • Dry basis, an expression of a calculation in which the presence of water is ignored

Organizations

People

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Basis
  • All pages with titles containing Basis
  • Base (disambiguation)
  • Basic (disambiguation)
  • Basis of Union (disambiguation)
  • Basis set (disambiguation)
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