asset

See also: ASSET and ässet

English

Etymology

Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæsɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæsɛt/, /ˈæsət/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

asset (plural assets)

1. Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.

   These shares are a valuable asset.

2. (software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
3. (espionage) An intelligence asset.
4. (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) The private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.
   • 2009, Kaitlynn Maguire and ‎Margaret Tingley, Serendipitous Moments of Female Sensuality, p. 27:

     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.

   • 2009, Cheyenne McCray, The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel, p. 189:

     “Slave Alexi has nice assets.”

   • 2016, Deanna Chase, Spirits, Rock Stars, and a Midnight Chocolate Bar: Pyper Rayne, Book 2:

     Muse studied Ida May's breasts for a moment, then reached out and grabbed the left one. “Good size. Firm. Yeah, you got some nice assets.”

Antonyms

• liability

Hyponyms

Hypnonyms of asset

• asset class
• capital asset
• current asset
• financial asset
• fixed asset
• intangible asset
• intelligence asset
• physical asset
• tangible asset

 

Derived terms

• asset-backed

Translations

something or someone of any value

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: актив (bg) (aktiv), авоари (bg) (avoari)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 資產／资产 (zh) (zīchǎn), 资产 (zh) (zīchǎn)

• Czech: aktivum n
• Danish: aktiv (da)
• Dutch: activa (nl) pl, activum (nl) n
• Esperanto: aktivo
• Finnish: omaisuuserä, voimavara (fi)
• French: actif (fr) m, avoir (fr) m, atout (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Aktiva (de) n pl, Vermögenswert f, Anlage (de), Gut (de) n, Vorteil (de) m, Ressource (de) f, Plus (de) n, Pluspunkt (de) m
• Greek: ενεργητικό (el) (energitikó), περιουσιακό στοιχείο (periousiakó stoicheío)
• Hebrew: נכס (he) m (nekhes)
• Hindi: आस्ति f (āsti)
• Hungarian: vagyon (hu), vagyontárgy (hu), eszköz (hu), aktíva (hu), aktívum, javak (hu), tőke (hu), követelés (hu)
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• Indonesian: aktiva (id), harta (id)
• Italian: bene (it) m, proprietà (it) f, possedimento (it) m, risorsa (it) f
• Japanese: 資産 (ja) (しさん, shisan)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 자산 (ko) (jasan)
• Maori: rironga
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: bem (pt), activo (pt) m, ativo (pt) m
• Russian: акти́в (ru) m (aktív) or акти́вы (ru) m pl (aktívy), (finance) авуа́ры (ru) m pl (avuáry), иму́щество (ru) n (imúščestvo), со́бственность (ru) f (sóbstvennostʹ)
• Spanish: bien (es), valor (es), activo (es) m (economy)
• Swahili: mali (sw)
• Swedish: tillgång (sv) c
• Tagalog: ariin
• Telugu: ఆస్థి (te) (āsthi)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: varlık (tr)
• Ukrainian: акти́в (uk) (aktýv), майно́ (majnó)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

software: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused

• Finnish: resurssi (fi)
• Japanese: 資産 (ja) (shisan)
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• Swahili: mali (sw)
• Ukrainian: ресу́рс (resúrs)

See also

• ownership equity

Anagrams

• SEATs, SESTA, TASes, TESSA, Tessa, easts, sates, satés, seats, setas, tases, tasse

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Danish

Noun

asset n

1. singular definite of as

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English asset.

Noun

asset m (uncountable)

1. asset (economic)

Anagrams

• sesta
• stesa
• tasse
• tessa

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) asset

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of assō

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Swedish

Noun

asset

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of ass

Anagrams

• asets, etsas