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asset.

A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæsɛt/Canada, UK/ˈæsɛt/US/ˈæsət/US/ˈæset/Australia
  1. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.

    My assets consist of stocks in companies that pay a dividend, and a few apartments that pay me rental income.
  2. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.

  3. Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.

  4. An intelligence asset.

  5. A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.

    plural-normally · slang
Where this word comes from

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

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