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NAV

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. net asset value.


nav. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. naval.

  2. navigable.

  3. navigation.


NAV British  

abbreviation

  1. net asset value

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The NAV drop stemmed from loan write-downs involving assets that the BDC had marked at or near cost just a few months earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The incentive fees are accrued throughout the year and baked into the net asset value, or NAV, that Spring updates routinely.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Boughton thinks Pershing Square Holdings is the better buy, trading at a roughly 30% discount to its NAV last week.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

But it is possible for the market price to be higher or lower than the NAV.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

At that time, an open-ended mutual fund’s NAV is calculated by dividing the value of all its investments and cash by the number of shares.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

In other words, mash the gas pedal and the nav. system pauses for a brief second and begins readjusting itself to your rapidly increasing speed.

From BusinessWeek Nov. 17, 2006

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