asset

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth. === Pronunciation === (UK, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæsɛt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈæsɛt/, /ˈæsət/ Rhymes: -æsɛt (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæset/ === Noun === asset (plural assets) A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows. January 31 2020, Boris Johnson, Brexit Day speech And when I look at this country’s incredible assets. Our scientists, our engineers, our world-leading universities, our armed forces. When I look at the potential of this country waiting to be unleashed, I know that we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success. Coordinate term: liability (accounting) Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet. Coordinate term: liability (software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused. (espionage) An intelligence asset. (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia. ==== Antonyms ==== liability ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Malay: aset ==== Translations ==== === See also === ownership equity === Anagrams === SESTA, sates, TASes, SEATs, TESSA, Easts, seats, setas, Tessa, tasse, tases, Seats, easts, satés == Danish == === Noun === asset n singular definite of as == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English asset. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈas.set/ Rhymes: -asset Hyphenation: às‧set === Noun === asset m (invariable) asset (economic) === References === === Anagrams === sesta, stase, stesa, tasse, tessa == Latin == === Verb === asset third-person singular present active subjunctive of assō == Swedish == === Noun === asset definite singular of ass === Anagrams === asets, etsas, tasse