Dictionary

assets en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈæsɛts/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *séh₂tis Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin satis Early Medieval Latin ad satis Old French asez Anglo-Norman asetzder. English assets From Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Originally singular, with the meaning "enough to meet liabilities"; later reanalyzed as a plural form.

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of asset
   form of asset
2. (plural, plural-normally) 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.
3. (plural, plural-normally) The left side of a balance sheet.
   • The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet.
4. (plural, plural-normally) 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.
5. (plural, plural-normally) Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
6. (plural, plural-normally, slang, vulgar) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.

Forms

Deriveds

swollen assets theory

Translations (38)

cmn 資產 /资产 (any property or object of value that one possesses) · nl activa (the left side of a balance sheet) · de Anlagegüter (any property or object of value that one possesses) · fi varat (any property or object of value that one possesses) · cs aktiva (any property or object of value that one possesses) · hu Követel oldal/rovat (the left side of a balance sheet) · ro avere (any property or object of value that one possesses) · bg акти́ви (any property or object of value that one possesses) · fr actif (any property or object of value that one possesses) · hil abír (any property or object of value that one possesses) · pt ativo (any property or object of value that one possesses) · de Vermögen (any property or object of value that one possesses) · fr actif (the left side of a balance sheet) · fi omaisuus (any property or object of value that one possesses) · ur اثاثے (any property or object of value that one possesses) · te ఆస్తి (any property or object of value that one possesses) · pt activo (any property or object of value that one possesses) · pl aktywa (any property or object of value that one possesses) · hu aktívumok (any property or object of value that one possesses) · rup aveari (any property or object of value that one possesses) · hy ակտիվներ (any property or object of value that one possesses) · cmn 资产 (the left side of a balance sheet) · th สินทรัพย์ (any property or object of value that one possesses) · el ενεργητικό (the left side of a balance sheet) · ar أُصُول (any property or object of value that one possesses) · fi vastaava (the left side of a balance sheet) · pdt Goot (any property or object of value that one possesses) · hu aktívák (any property or object of value that one possesses) · es partida del activo (any property or object of value that one possesses) · pl aktywa (the left side of a balance sheet) · de Vermögenswerte (any property or object of value that one possesses) · gd maoin (any property or object of value that one possesses) · it asset (any property or object of value that one possesses) · ja 資産 (any property or object of value that one possesses) · uk акти́ви (any property or object of value that one possesses) · nl activa (any property or object of value that one possesses) · it cespite (any property or object of value that one possesses) · ru акти́вы (any property or object of value that one possesses)