asset

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.

   My assets consist of stocks in companies that pay a dividend, and a few apartments that pay me rental income.

2. 2
   noun

   A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.

   Perhaps it is simply common for wives to want their female friends to see their husband nude – especially if he has nice assets. Honestly, I also wanted to see the dick of Brian and Andrew.

3. 3
   noun

   a useful or valuable quality

4. 4
   noun

   Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.

5. 5
   noun

   An intelligence asset.

6. 6
   name

   Initialism of Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Early Medieval Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-der. Early Medieval Latin satis Early Medieval Latin ad satis Old French asez Anglo-Norman asetzder. English assetsbf. English asset Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.