asset
pronunciation
How to pronounce asset in British English:
UK [ˈæset]
How to pronounce asset in American English:
US [ˈæset]
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- Noun:
- a useful or valuable quality
Word Origin
- asset
- asset: [16] Originally, to have assets was simply to have ‘enough’ – as in French assez. The Anglo-Norman legal phrase aver asetz signified ‘have enough money to meet one’s debts’, and eventually asetz, later assets, passed from the general meaning ‘enough’ to the particular ‘financial resources’ (the final -s caused it to be regarded as a plural noun, but the analogical singular asset does not appear until the 19th century).Anglo-Norman asetz itself goes back via Old French asez to Vulgar Latin *assatis, formed from the Latin phrase ad satis ‘to enough’ (satis is the source of English satisfy and satiate, and is related to sad).=> sad, satiate, satisfy
- asset (n.)
- see assets.
Example
- 1. Is there a bubble in asset prices ?
- 2. Food was more than nourishment . It was an asset .
- 3. Is my accent my unique asset ?
- 4. Many americans will view that as an asset .
- 5. Others embarked on forced asset sales .