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asset

[ as-et ]

noun

  1. a useful and desirable thing or quality:

    Organizational ability is an asset.

  2. a single item of ownership having exchange value:

    Our summer home is an asset we're not willing to sell.

  3. Digital Technology. one of the media components that, taken together, comprise all of the elements of a video game, such as the environments, objects, character art and animation, and sound design:

    All of the game assets are downloaded to your hard drive during the install, so slow load times are local and indicate a problem with your drive.

  4. (in intelligence and information gathering) a person followed or spied upon to obtain information, who may be consenting, forced, or unaware of being used: Compare confidential informant ( def ).

    They threatened to release a catalog of virtually every CIA asset within the Soviet Union.

  5. Military. a physical resource, such as a piece of equipment, vehicle, or building.
  6. assets. assets ( def ).


asset

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noun

  1. anything valuable or useful See also assets

    experience is their main asset

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

asset

  1. A possession that can be turned into cash to cover liabilities .
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Notes

Commonly, the term denotes anything of value.
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²õ·²õ±ð³Ù·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of asset1

First recorded in 1525–35; back formation from assets, in phrase have assets, literally, “have enough (to pay obligations),†from Anglo-French, Old French asez “enough,†from unattested Vulgar Latin ad satis “to sufficiencyâ€; assai 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of asset1

C19: back formation from assets
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These tend to increase in value when stock markets fall as they are seen as a "safe haven" along with other assets such as gold.

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US President Donald Trump has granted TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US assets or face a ban in the country.

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The group pools its considerable assets and lets Baffert buy horses that can win the Derby.

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With a Champions League quarter-final against Paris St-Germain crammed in between these games as well, it might be prudent to wait until the double before choosing your Villa assets.

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Forever 21’s U.S. operating company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over the weekend and will seek to sell all or some of its assets, according to court documents.

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