ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Assets

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈæsɛts/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Assets is a noun meaning plural of asset.

Meaning

plural of asset.

More Meanings

  1. (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
  2. (accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.
  3. Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
  4. (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.
  5. (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.

Example Sentences

His assets are much greater than his liabilities.
The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include plus, liabilities, collections, capital, fundamentals, funds.

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