asset

See also: ASSET and ässet

English

Etymology

Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæsɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæsɛt/, /ˈæsət/

• Audio (AU)

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Noun

asset (plural assets)

1. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.

   My assets consist of stocks in companies that pay a dividend, and a few apartments that pay me rental income.

   • January 31 2020, Boris Johnson, Brexit Day speech

     And when I look at this country’s incredible assets. Our scientists, our engineers, our world-leading universities, our armed forces. When I look at the potential of this country waiting to be unleashed, I know that we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success.

   Coordinate term: liability

   1. (accounting) Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.

      Coordinate term: liability

2. (software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
3. (espionage) An intelligence asset.
4. (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
   • 2009, Kaitlynn Maguire, Margaret Tingley, Serendipitous Moments of Female Sensuality, page 27:

     Perhaps it is simply common for wives to want their female friends to see their husband nude – especially if he has nice assets. Honestly, I also wanted to see the dick of Brian and Andrew.

   • 2009, Cheyenne McCray, The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel, page 189:

     “Slave Alexi has nice assets.”

   • 2016, Deanna Chase, Spirits, Rock Stars, and a Midnight Chocolate Bar: Pyper Rayne, Book 2:

     Muse studied Ida May's breasts for a moment, then reached out and grabbed the left one. “Good size. Firm. Yeah, you got some nice assets.”

Antonyms

• liability

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of asset

• asset class
• capital asset
• current asset
• financial asset
• fixed asset
• intangible asset
• intelligence asset
• physical asset
• tangible asset

 

Derived terms

• asset-backed
• asset-backed commercial paper
• asset-backed security
• asset flip
• asset management
• asset revesting
• asset stripping
• concealed asset
• cultural asset
• hidden asset
• idle asset
• liquid asset
• net tangible assets
• toxic asset
• troubled asset

 

Translations

something or someone of any value

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: актив (bg) (aktiv), авоари (bg) (avoari)
• Catalan: actiu (ca) m, bé (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 資產／资产 (zh) (zīchǎn)

• Czech: aktivum (cs) n
• Danish: aktiv (da)
• Dutch: activa (nl) pl, activum (nl) n, bezit (nl) n,goed (nl) n
• Esperanto: aktivo
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: omaisuuserä, voimavara (fi)
• French: avoir (fr) m, atout (fr) m
• Galician: haber (gl) m, ben (gl) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Aktiva (de) n pl, Vermögenswert (de) m, Anlage (de) f, Gut (de) n, Vorteil (de) m, Ressource (de) f, Plus (de) n, Pluspunkt (de) m
• Greek: ενεργητικό (el) (energitikó), περιουσιακό στοιχείο (el) (periousiakó stoicheío)
• Hebrew: נכס (he) m (nekhes)
• Hindi: आस्ति f (āsti)
• Hungarian: erősség (hu), érték (hu), erőforrás (hu), nyereség (hu), kincs (hu), haszon (hu), előny (hu), pluszpont
• Indonesian: aktiva (id), harta (id), aset (id)
• Italian: bene (it) m, proprietà (it) f, possedimento (it) m, risorsa (it) f
• Japanese: 資産 (ja) (しさん, shisan)
• Khmer: ទ្រព្យ (km) (trŏəp)
• Korean: 자산 (ko) (jasan)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malayalam: സ്വത്ത് (ml) (svattŭ), ആസ്തി (ml) (āsti)
• Maori: rironga, huarawa m pl
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: aktywa (pl) n pl
• Portuguese: bem (pt), activo (pt) m, ativo (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: акти́в (ru) m (aktív) or акти́вы (ru) m pl (aktívy), (finance) авуа́ры (ru) m pl (avuáry), иму́щество (ru) n (imúščestvo), со́бственность (ru) f (sóbstvennostʹ)
• Slovak: aktívum n
• Spanish: bien (es), valor (es), activo (es) m (economy)
• Swahili: mali (sw)
• Swedish: tillgång (sv) c
• Tagalog: ariin
• Telugu: ఆస్థి (te) (āsthi)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: varlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: акти́в (uk) (aktýv), майно́ (majnó)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

(accounting) any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet — see also liability

• French: actif (fr) m

any portion of one's property or effects considered of some value — see also assets

• Hungarian: vagyon (hu), vagyontárgy (hu), eszköz (hu), aktíva (hu), aktívum (hu), javak (hu), tőke (hu), követelés (hu), vagyonelem, kintlevőség (hu), tulajdon (hu), forrás (hu), pénzforrás (hu), pénzeszköz (hu)
• Malayalam: സ്വത്ത് (ml) (svattŭ)

software: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused

• Finnish: resurssi (fi)
• French: module (fr) m
• Japanese: 資産 (ja) (shisan)
• Spanish: recurso (es) m
• Swahili: mali (sw)
• Ukrainian: ресу́рс (resúrs)

See also

• ownership equity

Anagrams

• SEATs, SESTA, Seats, TASes, TESSA, Tessa, easts, sates, satés, seats, setas, tases, tasse

Danish

Noun

asset n

1. singular definite of as

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English asset.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈas.set/
• Rhymes: -asset
• Hyphenation: às‧set

Noun

asset m (invariable)

1. asset (economic)

Anagrams

• sesta, stase, stesa, tasse, tessa

Latin

Verb

asset

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of assō

Swedish

Noun

asset

1. definite singular of ass

Anagrams

• asets, etsas, tasse