assets

See also: ässets

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Originally singular, with the meaning "enough to meet liabilities"; later reanalyzed as a plural form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæsɛts/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

assets

1. plural of asset

Noun

assets pl (normally plural, singular asset)

1. (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.

   His assets are much greater than his liabilities.

2. (accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.

   The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet.

3. (law) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
4. Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
5. (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.

Derived terms

• swollen assets theory

Translations

any property or object of value that one possesses — see also asset

Arabic: أُصُول (ar) m (ʔuṣūl) Armenian: ակտիվներ (hy) (aktivner) Aromanian: aveari Bulgarian: акти́ви (bg) m pl (aktívi) Chinese: Mandarin: 資產 / 资产 (zh) (zīchǎn) Czech: aktiva Dutch: activa (nl) Finnish: omaisuus (fi), varat (fi) French: actif (fr) m German: Anlagegüter n pl, Vermögenswerte (de) pl or m, Vermögen (de) n Hiligaynon: abír Hungarian: aktívumok pl, aktívák pl Italian: asset (it) m, cespite (it) m Japanese: 資産 (ja) (shisan) Plautdietsch: Goot n Polish: aktywa (pl) pl Portuguese: ativo (pt) m, activo (pt) m Romanian: avere (ro) f Russian: акти́вы (ru) m pl (aktívy) Scottish Gaelic: maoin f Spanish: bien (es) m, partida del activo f Telugu: ఆస్తి (te) (āsti) Thai: สินทรัพย์ (th) (sǐn-sáp) Ukrainian: акти́ви m pl (aktývy) Urdu: اثاثے pl (asāsē)

the left side of a balance sheet

Chinese: Mandarin: 资产 (zh) (zīchǎn) Dutch: activa (nl) pl Finnish: vastaava (fi) French: actif (fr) m Greek: ενεργητικό (el) n (energitikó) Hungarian: Követel oldal/rovat Polish: aktywa (pl) pl

Anagrams

• TESSAs, stases, tasses

Danish

Noun

assets n

1. definite genitive singular of as

Swedish

Noun

assets

1. definite genitive singular of ass