assets

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Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈæsɛts/

Definition of assets

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of asset
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noun

  1. (form-of, plural)plural of asset
  2. (plural, plural-normally)Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
    “His assets are much greater than his liabilities.”
  3. (plural, plural-normally)The left side of a balance sheet.
    “The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet.”
  4. (plural, plural-normally)Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
  5. (plural, plural-normally)Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
  6. (plural, plural-normally, slang, vulgar)Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.

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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 assets From Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Originally singular, with the meaning "enough to meet liabilities"; later reanalyzed as a plural form.

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