Meanings
asset1
plural assets
- 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.
1 more example
January 31 2020, Boris Johnson, Brexit Day speech And when I look at this country’s incredible assets. Our scientists, our engineers, our world-leading universities, our armed forces. When I look at the potential of this country waiting to be unleashed, I know that we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success.
- accountingAny item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.
- espionageAn intelligence asset.
- plural normallyslangA woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
“Slave Alexi has nice assets.”
2009, Cheyenne McCray, The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel, page 1892 more examples
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.
2009, Kaitlynn Maguire, Margaret Tingley, Serendipitous Moments of Female Sensuality, page 27Muse studied Ida May's breasts for a moment, then reached out and grabbed the left one. “Good size. Firm. Yeah, you got some nice assets.”
2016, Deanna Chase, Spirits, Rock Stars, and a Midnight Chocolate Bar: Pyper Rayne, Book 2
ASSET2
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Latinad
- Proto-Indo-European*seh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*séh₂tis
- Proto-Italic[Term?]
- Latinsatis
- Early Medieval Latinad satis
- Old Frenchasez
- Anglo-Normanasetz
- Englishassetsbf.
- Englishasset
Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.
More words from Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian актив, авоари
- актив (aktiv)something or someone of any value
- авоари (avoari)something or someone of any value
Catalan actiu, bé
- actiusomething or someone of any value
- bésomething or someone of any value
Chinese Mandarin 資產 /资产
- 資產 /资产 (zīchǎn)something or someone of any value
Czech aktivum
- aktivumsomething or someone of any value
Danish aktiv
- aktivsomething or someone of any value
Dutch activa, activum
- activasomething or someone of any value
- activumsomething or someone of any value
- bezitsomething or someone of any value
- goedsomething or someone of any value
Esperanto aktivo
- aktivosomething or someone of any value
Finnish omaisuuserä, voimavara
- omaisuuseräsomething or someone of any value
- voimavarasomething or someone of any value
- resurssisoftware: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused
French actif, avoir
- actif(accounting) any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet — see also liability
- avoirsomething or someone of any value
- atoutsomething or someone of any value
- modulesoftware: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused
German Vermögenswert, Anlage
- Vermögenswertsomething or someone of any value
- Anlagesomething or someone of any value
- Gutsomething or someone of any value
- Vorteilsomething or someone of any value
- Ressourcesomething or someone of any value
- Plussomething or someone of any value
- Pluspunktsomething or someone of any value
Greek ενεργητικό, περιουσιακό στοιχείο
- ενεργητικό (energitikó)something or someone of any value
- περιουσιακό στοιχείο (periousiakó stoicheío)something or someone of any value
Hebrew נכס
- נכס (nekhes)something or someone of any value
Hindi आस्ति
- आस्ति (āsti)something or someone of any value
Hungarian erősség, érték
- erősségsomething or someone of any value
- értéksomething or someone of any value
- erőforrássomething or someone of any value
- nyereségsomething or someone of any value
- kincssomething or someone of any value
- haszonsomething or someone of any value
- előnysomething or someone of any value
- pluszpontsomething or someone of any value
- vagyonany portion of one's property or effects considered of some value
- vagyontárgyany portion of one's property or effects considered of some value
- eszközany portion of one's property or effects considered of some value
- aktívaany portion of one's property or effects considered of some value
Indonesian aktiva, harta
- aktivasomething or someone of any value
- hartasomething or someone of any value
- asetsomething or someone of any value
Italian bene, proprietà
- benesomething or someone of any value
- proprietàsomething or someone of any value
- possedimentosomething or someone of any value
- risorsasomething or someone of any value
- cespitesomething or someone of any value
Japanese 資産, 資産
- 資産 (shisan)something or someone of any value
- 資産 (shisan)software: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused
Korean 자산
- 자산 (jasan)something or someone of any value
Māori rironga, huarawa
- rirongasomething or someone of any value
- huarawasomething or someone of any value
Polish aktywa
- aktywasomething or someone of any value
Portuguese bem, activo
- bemsomething or someone of any value
- activosomething or someone of any value
- ativosomething or someone of any value
Russian акти́в m or акти́вы, авуа́ры
- акти́в m or акти́вы (aktív)something or someone of any value
- авуа́ры (avuáry)something or someone of any value
- иму́щество (imúščestvo)something or someone of any value
- со́бственность (sóbstvennostʹ)something or someone of any value
Slovak aktívum
- aktívumsomething or someone of any value
Spanish valor, activo
- valorsomething or someone of any value
- activosomething or someone of any value
- peculiosomething or someone of any value
- pecuniosomething or someone of any value
- recursosoftware: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused
Swahili mali, mali
- malisomething or someone of any value
- malisoftware: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused
Swedish tillgång
- tillgångsomething or someone of any value
Tagalog ariin
- ariinsomething or someone of any value
Turkish varlık
- varlıksomething or someone of any value
Ukrainian акти́в, майно́
- акти́в (aktýv)something or someone of any value
- майно́ (majnó)something or someone of any value
- ресу́рс (resúrs)software: any component, etc. that can be leveraged or reused
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
asset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asset
“asset.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asset. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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