asset
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asset¹
- /ˈæsɛt/ Canada, UK
- /ˈæsɛt/ US
- /ˈæsət/ US
- /ˈæset/ Australia
Rhymes with -æsɛt
Where it comes from
Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.
noun assets
- 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.
- Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.
- Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
- An intelligence asset.
- 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.
Opposite: liability
ASSET²
proper noun
- Initialism of Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: plus, profit, capital, investment, goods, commodity, acquis, inventory, possession, property, estate, resource, heritage, contribution, equity, factor
noun
Opposite: liability
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noun (accounting) any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet — see also liability
| Français | actif |
|---|
noun something or someone of any value
| Español | valor, activo, peculio, pecunio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 자산 jasan |
| 日本語 | 資産 shisan |
| 中文 | 資產 /资产 zīchǎn |
| हिन्दी | आस्ति āsti |
| Kiswahili | mali |
| Português | bem, activo, ativo |
| Français | avoir, atout |
| Deutsch | Vermögenswert, Anlage, Gut, Vorteil, Ressource, Plus |
| Italiano | bene, proprietà, possedimento, risorsa, cespite |
| Ελληνικά | ενεργητικό energitikó, περιουσιακό στοιχείο periousiakó stoicheío |
| Русский | акти́в m or акти́вы aktív, авуа́ры avuáry, иму́щество imúščestvo, со́бственность sóbstvennostʹ |
| עברית | נכס nekhes |
Talk about this word "asset." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/asset. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. asset. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/asset "asset." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/asset.Cite this
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title = {asset},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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