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What is bargain purchase option?

An option to buy the leased asset at a price (e.g., $1) so favorable that exercise is reasonably certain, one of the ASC 842 tests that makes a lease a finance lease.

Where you will use it: this term comes up in the Real Estate Finance course, and the full course glossary collects every term in one place.

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From the free Real Estate Finance course by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA.