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as·set

(ăs′ĕt′)

1. A useful or valuable quality, person, or thing; an advantage or resource: proved herself an asset to the company.

2. A valuable item that is owned.

3. A spy working in his or her own country and controlled by the enemy.

4. assets

a. Accounting The entries on a balance sheet showing all properties, both tangible and intangible, and claims against others that may be applied to cover the liabilities of a person or business. Assets can include cash, stock, inventories, property rights, and goodwill.

b. The entire property owned by a person, especially a bankrupt, that can be used to settle debts.

[Back-formation from English assets, sufficient goods to settle a testator's debts and legacies, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from asez, enough, from Vulgar Latin *ad satis, to sufficiency : Latin ad, to; see ad- + Latin satis, enough; see sā- in Indo-European roots.]

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asset

(ˈæsɛt)

anything valuable or useful: experience is their main asset.

[C19: back formation from assets]

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as•set

(ˈæs ɛt)

n.

1. a useful and desirable thing or quality: Organizational ability is an asset.

2. a single item of ownership having exchange value.

3. assets,

a. the total resources of a person or business, as cash, notes and accounts receivable, securities, goodwill, or real estate (opposed to liabilities).

b. the items detailed on a balance sheet, esp. in relation to liabilities and capital.

c. all property available for the payment of debts, esp. of a bankrupt firm or person.

d. property of a deceased that can be used to pay debts or legacies.

[1525–35; back formation from assets, in phrase have assets, literally, have enough < Anglo-French, Old French asez enough. See assai¹]

as′set•less, adj.

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Noun

asset - a useful or valuable quality

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quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

resource - a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed; "the local library is a valuable resource"

advantage, vantage - the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me"

metier, speciality, specialty, forte, strong point, strong suit, long suit, strength - an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"

liability - the quality of being something that holds you back

asset

noun

1. benefit, help, service, aid, advantage, strength, resource, attraction, blessing, boon, good point, strong point, ace in the hole, feather in your cap, ace up your sleeve Her leadership qualities were the greatest asset to the party.
benefit burden, handicap, liability, disadvantage, minus (informal), drawback, nuisance, impediment, drag, albatross, hindrance, millstone, encumbrance

plural noun

1. property, goods, means, holdings, money, funds, effects, capital, riches, finance, reserves, resources, estate, wealth, valuables, possessions By 1989 the group had assets of 3.5 billion francs.

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asset

noun

All things, such as money, property, or goods, having economic value.Used in plural:

capital, fortune, mean (used in plural), resource (used in plural), wealth, wherewithal.

Translations

أَصُولشَيء نافِع ثَمين

přednostpřínosvýhoda

aktivgodeplus

Anlage Pluspunkt Vermögenswert

απόκτημα περιουσιακό στοιχείο προσόν

activo factor positivo ventaja

etu

atout obtention acquisition

imovina

kostur; fengur

pregio risorsa vantaggio attivit...briscola

強み

자산

lobis

laba īpašībavērtība

актив капитал ценное качество

prínos

tillgång

สินทรัพย์

değerli şey/kimsevarlık

tài sản

优点有价值的人或物资产

asset

[ˈæset]

A. N

1. (= advantage) → ventaja f
she is a great asset to the department → es una persona valiosísima en el departamento

2. (Fin etc) → bien m; (= book-keeping item) → partida f del activo
assets (on accounts) → haberes mpl, activo msing
personal assets → bienes mpl personales
real assets → bienes mpl muebles, bienes mpl raíces
assets and liabilities → activo msing y pasivo msing
assets in hand → activo msing disponible, bienes mpl disponibles

B. CPD asset stripper N (Fin) especulador que compra empresas en crisis para vender sus bienes
asset stripping N (Fin) acaparamiento de activos con vistas a su venta y a la liquidación de la empresa

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asset

[ˈæsɛt]

(= advantage) → atout m
to be an asset to sth [qualifications, experience] → être un atout pour qch
Her experience will be an asset to the firm → Son expérience sera un atout pour l'entreprise.

(= person) → atout m
to be an asset to sb/sth → être un atout pour qn/qch

assets npl [company] → capital m, actif masset-stripping [ˈæsetstrɪpɪŋ] n → dépeçage m

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asset

(usu pl) → Vermögenswert m; (on balance sheet) → Aktivposten m; assets → Vermögen nt; (on balance sheet) → Aktiva pl; personal assets → persönlicher Besitz

(fig) it would be an asset … → es wäre von Vorteil …; he is one of our great assets → er ist einer unserer besten Leute; this player, the club’s newest asset → dieser Spieler, die neueste Errungenschaft des Klubs; he’s hardly an asset to the company → er ist nicht gerade ein Gewinn für die Firma; good health is a real asset → Gesundheit ist ein großes Kapital; his appearance is not his best asset → aus seinem Aussehen kann er kein Kapital schlagen

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asset

[ˈæsɛt] n (useful quality) → bene m, qualità f inv, vantaggio; (person) → elemento prezioso assets npl (Fin) (of individual) → beni mpl, disponibilità fpl; (of company) → attivo msg, attività fpl

asset

(ˈӕset) noun

anything useful or valuable; an advantage. He is a great asset to the school.

ˈassets noun plural

the total property, money etc of a person, company etc.

asset

→ أَصُول přednost aktiv Vermögenswert περιουσιακό στοιχείο activo etu atout imovina risorsa 強み 자산 bezit eiendel rzecz wartościowa ativo, posse ценное качество tillgång สินทรัพย์ varlık tài sản 资产

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"Nay, nay, an asset. That is what you mean, doubtless."

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And what a good round belly I should have grown, what a treble chin I should have established, what a ruby nose I should have coloured for myself, so that everyone would have said, looking at me: "Here is an asset! Here is something real and solid!" And, say what you like, it is very agreeable to hear such remarks about oneself in this negative age.

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"For moral courage is a worthless asset on this little floating world.

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What however went first of all or rather vanished was nothing in the nature of an asset. It was that plotting governess with the trick of a "perfect lady" manner (severely conventional) and the soul of a remorseless brigand.

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He is younger than I am, and youth is a big asset nowadays."

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Come, speak frankly, mon fils; elle est encore jeune, plus agee que toi peut-etre, mais juste asset pour unir la tendresse d'une petite maman a l'amour d'une epouse devouee; n'est-ce pas que cela t'irait superieurement?"

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With the usual inconsistency of the person to whom life is by no means a valuable asset, I am obeying the orders of my physician.

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Even as it is, she was quite right: she was suffering and that was her asset, so to speak, her capital which she had a perfect right to dispose of.

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He contemplated with unspeakable delight the large diamond which shone on the major's little finger; for the major, like a prudent man, in case of any accident happening to his bank-notes, had immediately converted them into an available asset. Then, after dinner, on the pretext of business, he questioned the father and son upon their mode of living; and the father and son, previously informed that it was through Danglars the one was to receive his 48,000 francs and the other 50,000 livres annually, were so full of affability that they would have shaken hands even with the banker's servants, so much did their gratitude need an object to expend itself upon.

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"There's the black suit," the pawnbroker, who knew his every asset, had answered.

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He was a good actor, and he had found geniality a most valuable asset in the game of getting on in the world.

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"That the Huron is a liar, is very evident," returned Heyward, coolly; "you have yourself heard him asset you to be La Longue Carabine."