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assets.

Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæsɛts/

  1. Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.

    plural · plural-normally
    His assets are much greater than his liabilities.

  2. The left side of a balance sheet.

    plural · plural-normally
    The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet.

  3. 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 · plural-normally

  4. Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.

    plural · plural-normally

  5. Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.

    plural · plural-normally · slang · vulgar
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 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.

noun/ˈæsɛts/

  1. plural of asset

    form-of · plural
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 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.

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