English Explanatory Dictionary

asset

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
  2. Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.
  3. Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
  4. An intelligence asset.
  5. A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
name
  1. Initialism of Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians.

Pronunciation

/ˈæsɛt/ /ˈæsət/ /ˈæset/ En-au-asset.ogg /əˈsɛʈ/

Word forms

asset assets

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.

Antonyms

liability

Related words

ownership equity

Derived words

asset-backed asset-backed commercial paper asset-backed security asset flip assetization assetize assetless asset management asset-strip asset strip asset stripping asset-stripping concealed asset cryptoasset cultural asset cyberasset hidden asset hydroasset idle asset liquid asset multiasset net tangible assets toxic asset troubled asset
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