assets
English meaning: Assets
Definition
Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.
Example
“These shares are a valuable asset.”
Another example: “Her quick thinking makes her a real asset to the negotiating team.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Formal and common in finance, business, and law; anything of value owned by a person or organization. Often contrasted with liabilities. Also used figuratively of a valued person ('she's an asset to the team'). Plural of 'asset'.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Anglo-French 'asetz' (enough, sufficient), from Latin 'ad satis' (to enough); the financial plural sense developed in the 16th–17th centuries.
Related Words
- liabilities
- creditors
- trillion
- asset
- billion
- equity
- bankruptcy
- valued
- investments
- debts
Common Collocations
- fixed assets
- liquid assets
- valuable asset
- financial assets
- assets and liabilities
- frozen assets
Word Forms
asset (n, sing.); assets (pl.)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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