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asset
[ as-et ]
noun
- a useful and desirable thing or quality:
Organizational ability is an asset.
- a single item of ownership having exchange value:
Our summer home is an asset we're not willing to sell.
- Digital Technology. one of the media components that, taken together, comprise all of the elements of a video game, such as the environments, objects, character art and animation, and sound design:
All of the game assets are downloaded to your hard drive during the install, so slow load times are local and indicate a problem with your drive.
- (in intelligence and information gathering) a person followed or spied upon to obtain information, who may be consenting, forced, or unaware of being used: Compare confidential informant ( def ).
They threatened to release a catalog of virtually every CIA asset within the Soviet Union.
- Military. a physical resource, such as a piece of equipment, vehicle, or building.
- assets. assets ( def ).
asset
/ ˈæɛ /
noun
- anything valuable or useful See also assets
experience is their main asset
asset
- A possession that can be turned into cash to cover liabilities .
Notes
Other Word Forms
- ·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of asset1
Example Sentences
It described her as "unpopular and dislikeable and demonstrably no sort of electoral asset to the party".
The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that the Palisades conflagration “was caused by both LADWP’s water and power assets, specifically empty reservoirs and energized powerlines.”
It asked the duo to "determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime."
“The company is growing, and it’s growing by double digits,” Greif said, adding that the fact that the deal closed during a period of such intense market volatility “speaks to the quality of the asset.”
Mr Preller says things like "unjustly withholding money for essentials or interfering with shared assets," are covered by the act.
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