asset
/ˈæsɛt/ noun B2- 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.
- Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.
- Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
- An intelligence asset.
- A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
Plural assets
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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.
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