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• asset — anything of worth that is owned. The assets of a business are money in the bank, accounts receivable, securities held in the name of the business, property or buildings, equipment, fixtures, merchandise for sale or being made, supplies and all… …   Financial and business terms

• Asset — Any possession that has value in an exchange. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * asset as‧set [ˈæset] noun [countable] ACCOUNTING FINANCE something belonging to an individual or a business that has value or the power to earn money: • The …   Financial and business terms

• asset — n. 1) an invaluable, valuable asset 2) an asset to (she was an invaluable asset to our firm) * * * [ æset] valuable asset an invaluable an asset to (she was an invaluable asset to our firm) …   Combinatory dictionary

• asset — noun /ˈæsɛt/ a) Something or someone of any value; any portion of ones property or effects so considered. These shares are a valuable asset. b) Any component, model, process or framework of …   Wiktionary

• Asset stripping — involves selling the assets of a business individually at a profit. The term is generally used in a pejorative sense as such activity is not considered productive to the economy. Asset stripping is considered to be a problem in economies such as… …   Wikipedia

• asset — [as′et] n. [earlier assets < Anglo Fr assetz (in legal phrase aver assetz, to have enough) < OFr assez, enough < VL * ad satis, sufficient < L ad, to + satis, enough: see SAD] 1. anything owned that has exchange value 2. a valuable or …   English World dictionary

• valuable — [adj] very important; priceless admired, appreciated, beneficial, cherished, collectible, costly, dear, esteemed, estimable, expensive, heirloom, held dear, helpful, high priced, hot*, hot property*, important, in demand, inestimable, invaluable …   New thesaurus

• asset — ► NOUN 1) a useful or valuable thing or person. 2) (assets) property owned by a person or company. ORIGIN originally in the sense «sufficient estate to allow discharge of a will»: from Old French asez enough …   English terms dictionary

• asset — noun 1 useful person/thing ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, great, important, invaluable, precious, priceless, real, tremendous, useful …   Collocations dictionary

• valuable — adj. 1 worth a lot of money VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly …   Collocations dictionary

• asset —    a spy    Literally, anything useful or valuable. Common espionage jargon, according to the spy novelists:     No, [from] an asset we have in place in Norway. (Clancy, 1986, giving a source of information)    A unilaterally controlled Latino… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms