asset
NOUN · English
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The corpus records 5 senses of asset. Each sense below has its own Add to list, so you choose the one you mean.
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Experimental coverage — measured below Partial on the number of recorded words, definitions, translations, word forms and pronunciation. Treat entries as evidence to check; meanings may be incomplete.
English is Experimental in Words. Support is measured, not declared: a language reaches Partial only when every measure meets its threshold, and a measure that has not been taken does not count. The development corpus holds 60 source-backed words in English. What is shown may be incomplete, and pronunciation audio, generated forms and generated examples are not offered.
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Definition: A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. From a source of medium confidence.
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- My assets consist of stocks in companies that pay a dividend, and a few apartments that pay me rental income. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
- 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. Usage example — not an attested quotation.
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Definition: Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: An intelligence asset. From a source of medium confidence.
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Definition: A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia. From a source of medium confidence.
plural-normally · slang
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- 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, Kaitlynn Maguire, Margaret Tingley, Serendipitous Moments of Female Sensuality, page 27:
- “Slave Alexi has nice assets.” 2009, Cheyenne McCray, The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel, page 189:
- 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.” 2016, Deanna Chase, Spirits, Rock Stars, and a Midnight Chocolate Bar: Pyper Rayne, Book 2:
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Etymology: Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth. From a source of medium confidence.
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