assets
Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable…Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
Meaning
5 senses(plural, usually plural)Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
His assets are much greater than his liabilities.
Anlagegüter, Vermögenswerte, Vermögen
акти́выaktívy
акти́виaktývy
(plural, usually plural)The left side of a balance sheet.
The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet.
(plural, usually plural)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.
(plural, usually plural)Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
(plural, usually plural, slang, vulgar)Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.
- anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company
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Origin
From Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Originally singular, with the mFrom Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Originally singular, with the meaning "enough to meet liabilities"; later reanalyzed as a plural form.
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