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What does asset mean?

Definitions in simple English

asset Noun

— A thing that has value. It may be worth money, but may just be useful. One asset was his car and another was his house. Jimmy's skills have been a real asset to the team.

asset

— noun a useful or valuable quality

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asset English » English

property capital benefit resource good profit principal possession plus fund advantage reserve possessions estate cost acquisition wealth venture capital valuables valuable thing use trump treasured object treasure strong suit stock stipend riches revenue resources real estate qualification profits precious thing perk of value money means land investment interest grant gear gains gain fortune favor chapter belongings attainment

Topics asset topics

What do people use asset to talk about?

Work and occupation Work Difficult, impossible

Advantage

What words refer to an advantage?

advantage asset privilege

Examples asset examples

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Simple sentences

I'm sure you'll be a valuable asset to our company.

You're a valuable asset to me.

Movie subtitles

Asset on board.

Uh, asset at drop point.

Where's the asset?

Asset en route.

This insurance policy, it's my only asset.

My only asset is a fluent command of English.

I know so, and that's an asset for a guy in my business.

Toni Marachek, asset.

There's one asset you missed.

My memory, you know, isn't exactly my number one asset.

And a total asset of eleven pounds, eight shillings, and 10 pence.

And don't forget compartmentalization is our main asset.

A presentable young man is always an asset at a dinner party.

Each asset! Aren't they already written here?

She's just a common adventuress and he was the biggest asset aboard.

A frozen asset. Ha! Come on.

I agree with you. They should be kept as an asset of the last resort.

A man who can meet people: that's an asset we can use.

I am no longer an asset, Sarah.

He could have been an asset to us.

Antek, take care of this asset for me.

You know, Lieutenant, a good war record is a valuable asset.

You know, where I come from, Lieutenant, a little lady who likes her milk might even get to be a great political asset.

Asset on board. En route.

In this emergency, the Trenholm name is the greatest asset we could have.

The only tangible asset is a tavern on highway 129.

They're your only real asset.

I am no longer an asset, Sarah. Zidler has to supply me with free drinks for a month.

This massage parlor is the only asset we've got.

That's a strong asset, you need it.

Life is the only asset that I have.

He founded scepticism, a great asset to your business.

That's an enormous asset to me.

This duck of yours could be the most single valuable asset in the United States today.

News and current affairs

Yet what appealed to the outside world was not always an asset in the rough and tumble of Israeli politics.

Not only do they repeatedly generate destabilizing asset bubbles, but, when demand weakens, forces that exacerbate the downturn come into play.

As a result, society's most valuable asset, its human capital, is being wasted and even destroyed.

Simply put, surging capital flows into the US artificially held down interest rates and inflated asset prices, leading to laxity in banking and regulatory standards and, ultimately, to a meltdown.

By World War II, protecting the empire had become more of a burden than an asset.

What started as a problem with sub-prime mortgages has now spread to houses more generally, as well as to other asset classes.

There is now a serious risk of a systemic meltdown in US financial markets as huge credit and asset bubbles collapse.

Indonesia depends less on exports than its Asian peers (let alone Russia), and its asset markets (timber, palm oil, and coal, in particular) have attracted major foreign investment.

Public health is an important asset for any nation.

And, by bowing to the UK's pressure, the Fund undermined its only real asset - its independence.

Menurut organisasi Asset Owners Disclosure Project, yang saya ketuai, 500 asset owners global terkemuka sangat terkena bahaya perubahan iklim.

Seiring dengan penyerapan kesadaran ini ke dalam pasar, asset owners tengah melindungi taruhan mereka (hedging their bets) dengan menambah investasi mereka pada industri dan perusahaan rendah karbon seperti Tesla.

Much now depends on whether the same is true of the other major outcome, which is that Yukos's principal asset - Yuganskneftegaz - is now in state hands, while its remaining units appear doomed to nationalization.

With household wealth seriously damaged by the housing crash and other asset-price declines, pensions and retirement provisions are in disarray.

Despite a recovery in asset prices in many countries and the deceleration of negative growth, unemployment is high and rising.

SANTA BARBARA - The Chinese government's campaign to have its currency, the renminbi, included in the International Monetary Fund's reserve asset appears to be on the brink of success.

From asset bubbles and a dysfunctional financial system to currency suppression and monetary-policy blunders, Japan has been in many respects the laboratory of our future.

We do not want to inflate another asset-price bubble on the scale of the one that burst in 2007-2008.

True, low interest rates, together with a second round of quantitative easing, are causing considerable global distortions, as funds flow into fast-growing emerging markets, fueling inflationary pressure and asset bubbles.

The 2008 recession was triggered by a financial crisis that erupted after the collapse of a credit-fueled asset bubble decimated the housing market.

Sadly, most American households are still far from recovery on the asset side of their balance sheets.

Bank league tables have been with us for a while, and now tend to be based on capital strength, rather than asset volume, which is an improvement of sorts, but still not very meaningful.

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