noun
asset
A-seht
noun
1
Something valuable that a person, company, or country owns or controls.
"The company's biggest asset is its skilled workforce."
"The house is listed as an asset on her balance sheet."
2
A useful quality, skill, or person that helps achieve something.
"Her calm manner is a real asset in a crisis."
How to Use Asset
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomething (or someone) valuable that you own or that helps you.
Common pairings
valuable asset
company assets
be an asset to
Word Forms
assets plural
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Etymology
A back-formation from "assets", from Anglo-Norman asetz ("enough"), from Old French assez.