toxic asset

noun

A financial asset that has fallen in value significantly and for which there is no longer a functioning market.

Similar
troubled asset
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nountoxic asset (plural toxic assets)

plural toxic assets

  1. businessA financial asset that has fallen in value significantly and for which there is no longer a functioning market.

    Synonyms: troubled asset

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA financial asset that has fallen in value significantly and for which there is no longer a functioning market.

Similar
troubled asset
Also see
troubled asset
Cite this entry
APA

toxic asset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxic%20asset

MLA

“toxic asset.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxic%20asset. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toxic asset,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toxic%20asset.

Source: toxic asset on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.