Asset
noun
Something valuable that a person or company owns which can be used to pay its debts.
Your house is probably your most valuable asset.
Often appears as...
- financial assets
- valuable assets
noun
A quality, skill, or person which is useful or helps you to succeed.
Her ability to speak French is a great asset in her job.
Often appears as...
- great asset
- asset to the team
noun
In accounting, assets are properties owners' equity.
The company's balance sheet shows its assets and liabilities.
Often appears as...
- fixed assets
- intangible assets
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Technical
noun
In computing, an asset is an identifiable piece of data in electronic format.
This video game has many high-quality assets such as characters and environments.
Often appears as...
- digital assets
- asset library
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Technical
noun
In legal terms, assets are the properties subject to distribution in a deceased person's will.
All of the deceased's assets will be distributed among his heirs.
Often appears as...
- estate assets
- asset distribution
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Formal
Legal
noun
Something valuable that a person or company owns which can be used to pay its debts.
Your house is probably your most valuable asset.
Often appears as...
- financial assets
- valuable assets
noun
A quality, skill, or person which is useful or helps you to succeed.
Her ability to speak French is a great asset in her job.
Often appears as...
- great asset
- asset to the team
noun
In accounting, assets are properties owners' equity.
The company's balance sheet shows its assets and liabilities.
Often appears as...
- fixed assets
- intangible assets
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In computing, an asset is an identifiable piece of data in electronic format.
This video game has many high-quality assets such as characters and environments.
Often appears as...
- digital assets
- asset library
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In legal terms, assets are the properties subject to distribution in a deceased person's will.
All of the deceased's assets will be distributed among his heirs.
Often appears as...
- estate assets
- asset distribution
Usage tips
Formal
Legal
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Pro Tip 1/2Tangible Value
Assets are often physical items but can also include virtual goods or debts.
The factory machines are tangible assets.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
While assets add value, managing them poorly can become a liability.
He invested poorly, turning his assets into burdens.
Pro Tip 1/2Tangible Value
Assets are often physical items but can also include virtual goods or debts.
The factory machines are tangible assets.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
While assets add value, managing them poorly can become a liability.
He invested poorly, turning his assets into burdens.
Pro Tip 1/2Tangible Value
Assets are often physical items but can also include virtual goods or debts.
The factory machines are tangible assets.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
While assets add value, managing them poorly can become a liability.
He invested poorly, turning his assets into burdens.
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thinking it's the way the brain is built in the womb and they're imaginative as a matter of fact there's many more women in this category and I do think that this imagination the way the brain is built gives women a tremendous asset in the in the modern business world they tend to have executive social skills they can
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like opening bank accounts, buying and owning assets, and transferring money. What's more, it can be listed as the owner of other companies, including ones opened in places with stricter disclosure rules. This allows someone to create a complex world-wide chain of ownership that can take years to unravel.
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
conservation of nature and when you give people ownership of their natural resources every elephant and every Rhino becomes a valuable asset instead of something to poach away in secret this mans proudly displaying the inventory of his conservancies wildlife now keep in
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What coronavirus means...
and buying the normal financial assets won't work. They have to buy the debt of the government and the government, or the many governments, have to be effective in getting buying power and production to those who need it around the world. I have one last question,
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Why are some people...
If people were only fighting and competing throughout human evolution, natural selection would lead to more lefties being the ones that made it until there were so many of them, that it was no longer a rare asset. So in a purely competitive world,
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How the blockchain is...
or even money. And all of you -- we -- create this data. We create this asset, and we leave this trail of digital crumbs behind us as we go throughout life. And these crumbs are collected into a mirror image of you, the virtual you.
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Why do people join...
to financial assets and living arrangements. Cults also demand obedience to human leaders who tend to be highly persuasive people with authoritarian and narcissistic streaks motivated by money, sex, power, or all three.
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
helping this situation?" And we developed a plan in conversation with these youths. We stopped looking at them as the problem to be solved, and we started looking at them as partners, as assets,
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Costa Rican Jungle 360°...
now if you look up asset the power winding its way up the tree is another snake that's much harder to spot the vine snake fine snakes are brilliantly camouflaged all over the world you can
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Depression, the secret...
It was simply going to be an occasion where I didn't have AIDS and I wasn't dying, but could tolerate the fact that they did and they were. Our needs are our greatest assets.
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Love and hormones PIPE...
thinking it's the way the brain is built in the womb and they're imaginative as a matter of fact there's many more women in this category and I do think that this imagination the way the brain is built gives women a tremendous asset in the in the modern business world they tend to have executive social skills they can
Video examples
How exposing anonymous...
like opening bank accounts, buying and owning assets, and transferring money. What's more, it can be listed as the owner of other companies, including ones opened in places with stricter disclosure rules. This allows someone to create a complex world-wide chain of ownership that can take years to unravel.
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
conservation of nature and when you give people ownership of their natural resources every elephant and every Rhino becomes a valuable asset instead of something to poach away in secret this mans proudly displaying the inventory of his conservancies wildlife now keep in
Video examples
What coronavirus means...
and buying the normal financial assets won't work. They have to buy the debt of the government and the government, or the many governments, have to be effective in getting buying power and production to those who need it around the world. I have one last question,
Video examples
Why are some people...
If people were only fighting and competing throughout human evolution, natural selection would lead to more lefties being the ones that made it until there were so many of them, that it was no longer a rare asset. So in a purely competitive world,
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
or even money. And all of you -- we -- create this data. We create this asset, and we leave this trail of digital crumbs behind us as we go throughout life. And these crumbs are collected into a mirror image of you, the virtual you.
Video examples
Why do people join...
to financial assets and living arrangements. Cults also demand obedience to human leaders who tend to be highly persuasive people with authoritarian and narcissistic streaks motivated by money, sex, power, or all three.
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
helping this situation?" And we developed a plan in conversation with these youths. We stopped looking at them as the problem to be solved, and we started looking at them as partners, as assets,
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Costa Rican Jungle 360°...
now if you look up asset the power winding its way up the tree is another snake that's much harder to spot the vine snake fine snakes are brilliantly camouflaged all over the world you can
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Depression, the secret...
It was simply going to be an occasion where I didn't have AIDS and I wasn't dying, but could tolerate the fact that they did and they were. Our needs are our greatest assets.
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Evelyn Glennie
Scottish Musician
I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.
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Harvey S. Firestone
American Businessman
If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.
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Eric Trump
American Businessman
I believe with great fortunes come great responsibility, so with our family's assets and many wealthy friends, we could help raise a lot of money to help others.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
If you believe, as I do, that your employees truly are your most valuable asset, you will do whatever you can to help them do their jobs as well as possible.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.
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Arlen Specter
American Politician
There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.
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Gina McKee
English Actor
My instinct is probably one of the strongest assets I've got, workwise.
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Jeanie Buss
American Businesswoman
I've always said that our fans are our most important asset.
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Brittany Kaiser
American Businesswoman
Data is the most valuable asset in the world.
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Evelyn Glennie
Scottish Musician
I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.
Quote examples
Harvey S. Firestone
American Businessman
If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.
Quote examples
Eric Trump
American Businessman
I believe with great fortunes come great responsibility, so with our family's assets and many wealthy friends, we could help raise a lot of money to help others.
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Harvey Mackay
American Businessman
If you believe, as I do, that your employees truly are your most valuable asset, you will do whatever you can to help them do their jobs as well as possible.
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Oprah Winfrey
American Entertainer
With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.
Quote examples
Arlen Specter
American Politician
There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
Quote examples
Zig Ziglar
American Author
Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.
Quote examples
Gina McKee
English Actor
My instinct is probably one of the strongest assets I've got, workwise.
Quote examples
Jeanie Buss
American Businesswoman
I've always said that our fans are our most important asset.
Quote examples
Brittany Kaiser
American Businesswoman
Data is the most valuable asset in the world.
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