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assets
[ as-ets ]
plural noun
- Finance. items or resources owned by a person, business, or government, as cash, notes and accounts receivable, securities, inventories, goodwill, fixtures, machinery, or real estate ( liabilities ):
Infrastructure assets, such as telecommunications systems, are not as available or as reliable in developing countries.
Depreciation applies only to tangible assets, which are the assets that exist in physical form, like vehicles, computers, etc.
- Accounting. the items detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to liabilities and capital:
The balance sheet lists assets and liabilities in order of liquidity; in other words, the assets most easily converted to cash are listed first.
- Law. all property available for the payment of debts for a bankrupt or insolvent business or person, or the payment of legacies or debts for a deceased person:
It is the job of the receiver to sell your assets and distribute the proceeds to your creditors.
- Informal. parts of a person鈥檚 body seen as sexual or attractive, especially a woman鈥檚 breasts or buttocks:
That slinky, shiny outfit really shows off her assets.
assets
/ 藞忙蝉蓻迟蝉 /
plural noun
- accounting the property and claims against debtors that a business enterprise may apply to discharge its liabilities. Assets may be fixed, current, liquid, or intangible and are shown balanced against liabilities Compare liabilities
- law the property available to an executor or administrator for settlement of the debts and payment of legacies of the estate of a deceased or insolvent person
- any property owned by a person or firm
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of assets1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of assets1
Example Sentences
The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that the Palisades conflagration 鈥渨as caused by both LADWP鈥檚 water and power assets, specifically empty reservoirs and energized powerlines.鈥
It asked the duo to "determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime."
Mr Preller says things like "unjustly withholding money for essentials or interfering with shared assets," are covered by the act.
So instead of stock picking or betting on individual winners, passive investors buy and hold a broad, diversified mix of assets, such as index funds or exchange-traded funds.
His tariff policy has led investors to pile into assets outside the United States, weakening the greenback and lifting other currencies alongside gold.
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