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Noun
/ˈaset/,
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assets, plural;
  1. A useful or valuable thing, person, or quality
    • - quick reflexes were his chief asset
    • - the school is an asset to the community
  2. Property owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies
    • - growth in net assets
    • - debiting the asset account
  3. Military equipment, such as planes, ships, communications and radar installations, employed or targeted in military operations


  1. anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
  2. (asset) a useful or valuable quality
  3. In financial accounting, assets are economic resources. Anything tangible or intangible that is capable of being owned or controlled to produce value and that is held to have positive economic value is considered an asset. ...
  4. (ASSET) The Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians (ASSET), was a British trade union, chiefly representing supervisors in the metal working and transport industries. It was formed from the National Foremen's Association, founded in 1918.
  5. (Asset (economics)) An 'asset' in economic theory is an output good which can only be partially consumed (like a portable music player) or input as a factor of production (like a cement mixer) which can only be partially used up in production. ...
  6. (Asset (intelligence)) In intelligence, assets are persons within organizations or countries that are being spied upon who provide information for an outside spy.
  7. (ASSET (spaceplane)) ASSET, or Aerothermodynamic Elastic Structural Systems Environmental Tests was an experimental US space project involving the testing of an unmanned sub-scale reentry vehicle.
  8. Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts; 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; Any goods or ...
  9. (asset) Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered; Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused; intelligence asset
  10. (Asset) Valuable items, encumbered or not, owned by a person, corporation, or entity.
  11. (Asset) Information or information processing resources of an organization.
  12. (Asset) Item that appears on the balance sheet of a company that represents something owned by the company or something owed to the company by someone else. Bank loans are assets from the bank’s point of view because they are owed to the bank.
  13. An asset is anything that has value that helps an organization provide its services to clients. Examples of assets include: cash, land, buildings, equipment, inventories (of supplies or goods for sale), furniture, and money owed to the organization ("receivables"). ...
  14. (Asset) A resource that has economic value to its owner. Examples of an asset are cash, accounts receivable, inventory, real estate, and securities.
  15. (Asset) Items of value owned by a business. Contrast to Liability.
  16. (Asset) Property that can be used to repay debt, such as stocks and bonds or a car.
  17. (Asset) a possession that has monetary value. Can be personal or real property.
  18. (Asset) Simply stated, an asset is anything you own. If you have money in the bank, that’s an asset. So is your car — if it’s paid off. Your furniture, clothes and other personal belonging are all assets.
  19. (Asset) anything of value that you own
  20. (Asset) anything of value that is owned
  21. (Asset) A feature that contributes to the strength of a position, such as made points and flexibility.  Compare: Liability.
  22. (Asset) Any item of value which a person owns.
  23. (Asset) Something that puts money in your pocket -- with minimum labor.
  24. (asset) Anything with a dollar value that you own. Banks consider your assets when determining how much you can borrow.
  25. An asset is any non-executable, static component of a web application, including CSS, JavaScript, images and video. Assets may be placed directly in the project’s web directory, or published from a Bundle to the web directory using the assets:install console task.