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.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 noun · a useful or valuable... plus

Opposites

liability

Word family

Forms assets

Derived forms asset-backedasset-stripasset-strippingassetizationassetizeassetlesscryptoassetcyberassethydroassetmultiasset

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Phrases (1)

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intangible asset
a valuable resource that has no physical form

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Asset entered English in the Middle English period from an older form of French assez, “enough.” It literally referred to something of which one had enough and was originally a term for sufficient property in connection with paying out money from a will.

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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Topics

Business & Commerce Personal Finance

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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
- Personal Finance

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