asset

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5
Words With Friends
5
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈæsɛt/(UK)
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/ˈæsɛt/(UK) · /ˈæsɛt/(US) · /ˈæsət/(US) · /ˈæset/ · /əˈsɛʈ/

Definition of asset

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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.”
  2. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
  3. Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
  4. An intelligence asset.
  5. (plural-normally, slang)A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
    “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.”
    ““Slave Alexi has nice assets.””
    “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.””

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Early Medieval Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-der. Early Medieval Latin satis Early Medieval Latin ad satis Old French asez Anglo-Norman asetzder. English assetsbf. English asset Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.

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