asset

B2 Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˈæsɛt/ UK /ˈæsɛt/ See IPA manual

Freq #7194

Meanings

1

noun
Something valuable that a person or company owns, such as money, property, or investments.

Her main assets are a small apartment and some shares in a tech company.
2

noun
A useful or valuable quality, skill, or person.

Her ability to stay calm under pressure is a real asset to the team.

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2 noun · a useful or valuable... plus

Opposites

liability

Word family

Forms assets

Derived forms asset-backedasset-stripasset-strippingassetizationassetizeassetlesscryptoassetcyberassethydroassetmultiasset

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.

asetz xno assez Old French

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# asset

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈæsɛt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈæsɛt/
**Frequency rank:** 7194

## Meanings
1. Something valuable that a person or company owns, such as money, property, or investments.
2. A useful or valuable quality, skill, or person.

## Examples
- Her main assets are a small apartment and some shares in a tech company.
- Her ability to stay calm under pressure is a real asset to the team.

## Antonyms
- liability

## Derived Forms
- asset-backed
- asset-strip
- asset-stripping
- assetization
- assetize
- assetless
- cryptoasset
- cyberasset
- hydroasset
- multiasset

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: asetz
- Root: assez

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Asset is from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth. The historical chain records Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd, Proto-Italic *ad, Early, Medieval, Latin ad, Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-, Early, Medieval, Latin satis, Early, Medieval, Latin ad satis, Old, French asez, Anglo-Norman asetz, and English assetsbf.. Important recorded forms include asetz (xno) and assez (Old French). Current senses include something valuable that a person or company owns, such as money, property, or investments and a useful or valuable quality, skill, or person. The wider family includes derived forms such as asset-backed, asset-strip, asset-stripping, assetization, and assetize.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce

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