assetas‧set /ˈæset/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
a corporation with $9 billion in assets the value of a company’s assets2[usually singular] something or someone that is useful because they help you succeed or deal with problems OPP liability: A sense of humor is a great asset in this business.be an asset to somebody/something I think Rachel would be an asset to the department. → fixed assets, liquid assets
WORD ORIGINasset
Origin:
1800-1900 assets (singular) ‘enough money to pay debts’ (16-19 centuries), from Anglo-French asetz, from Old French assez ‘enough’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A sense of humour is an important asset for any teacher.
- Currently, they have $6,230,000 in assets.
- Laney continues to be a great asset to the company.
- The most powerful asset we have is our skilled, dedicated workforce.
- As more assets are purchased, this will drive up their price.
- At the time, Templeton had about $ 11 billion in assets.
- Balance sheet - reduce an asset and a liability.
- In this variant the risk-free asset is replaced by the zero-beta portfolio.
- Star Banc is a bank holding company with about $ 9. 7 billion in assets.
- The lessor then purchases the asset and leases it to the lessee.
- Verbal fluency is an asset and for some people spoken presentations are easy.
Longman Language Activatorsomething that makes you more likely to be successful
something that makes someone more likely to be successful, especially compared to other people: have an advantage: · People who have been to university have a big advantage when it comes to finding jobs.advantage over: · I had already lived in France for a year, so I had a big advantage over the other students.give somebody an advantage: · Taxes on imports gave Japanese companies an unfair advantage.
something or someone that is valuable because they help you to succeed: · A sense of humour is an important asset for any teacher.be an asset to something: · Laney continues to be a great asset to the company.
a special advantage or right that only a few people have, for example because their family is rich or because they have an important job: · Foreign diplomats have all kinds of special privileges.· Countries within the European Community grant certain commercial privileges to each other.the privilege of something: · Not everyone has the privilege of a private education.
all the money that a person, company etc has · My grandmother left me all her money when she died.· The committee is meeting to discuss how the money should be spent this year.make your money (=earn all your money doing a particular type of business) · He had made his money as a butcher in Kingstown.
formal all the money that you have - especially when you are talking about whether you are able to pay for everything you need: have the means to do something: · He had the means to pay, but he refused on principle.beyond your means (=costing more than you can afford): · I think private schooling would be well beyond our means.· She's been living beyond her means (=spending more than she can really afford to), and now the debts have caught her up.within your means (=not costing more than you can afford): · She was required to pay a $500 fee, which appeared to be within her means.· Money isn't a problem. We simply live within our means (=do not spend more than we can afford to).private/independent means (=money that someone has from property, investments etc rather than earning it by working ): · He's given up his lecturing job, but he does have private means.· Many tropical countries welcome people of independent means as long-term residents.limited/modest means (=used to say that someone only has a small amount of money): · The best choice for elderly people with limited means is index-linked certificates.· A university professor who used his modest means to collect over 300 valuable artworks has donated them to the National Gallery.means test (=an official check to find out whether someone is poor enough to need money from the state): · The Council is introducing means tests for housing tenants.
all of the money and property that a company or person owns, and which they may sell or use if necessary: · On her death, she wants all her assets to go to her husband.assets of $1 billion/£300,000,000 etc: · With assets of just under $1 million, the business is still relatively small.$1billion/£300,000,000 etc in assets: · Massachusetts Financial Services manages $43 billion in assets.financial assets: · Tomorrow, the court will hear evidence relating to Simpson's financial assets.personal assets (=owned by an individual, rather than a company): · The directors' personal assets will not be at risk if the company does fold.
all the money that a person, company, organization etc has, especially when this is regularly checked so they know about any changes in it: · An accountant handles the school's finances.· She wondered if they'd ever get all their bills paid and their finances in order.family/personal finances: · An investigation into his personal finances produced no evidence of fraud· To help the family finances, she went back to work at a retail store after William was born.public/government finances: · Indeed, Lebanon's public finances and yawning trade deficit, do look depressing. · Government finances are strained to the hilt, dealing with essential services.drain somebody's finances/be a drain on somebody's finances (=to reduce someone's finances over a period of time, usually by an amount they cannot afford to lose): · Legal expenses had drained his finances, and he could no longer afford to pursue the case.· Many of the housing agencies represent a severe drain on the state's finances.
the money which you have saved, which is usually kept in a bank or some other financial institution: · Your savings are safe with the Bank of America.· I should just take the money out of my savings and pay off my credit card.· Since we retired we've been living on our savings and a small pension.life savings (=all of the money you have saved): · He had invested his life savings in the new business.retirement savings (=the money you have saved so that you have something to live on when you retire): · Break yourself of the habit of borrowing from your retirement savings.lose your savings: · Investors lost their savings, and some businessmen went bankrupt.sink your savings into something (=to spend all the money you have saved on a particular investment, plan etc): · He and his wife July sank their life savings into an unsuccessful attempt to build a marina on a reservoir in Colorado.
all the money, property, or goods that a company, organization, or country owns and that can be used to make more money or to provide services: · We have to make the best use of the resources we've got.financial/economic resources: · The government must make more human and financial resources available for AIDS research.limited/scarce resources (=used to say that the amount of money available is small): · With limited resources, the club cannot continue to function without donations from members.allocate resources (to something) (=decide how much money will be spent on particular things): · The process for allocating resources to military intelligence is severely flawed. devote resources (to something) (=to spend money on a particular thing): · Few firms devote significant resources to research and development.pool your resources (=share your money with other people, so that you can all use it): · She and I pooled our resources -- not much -- and hired a car for the weekend.
the things that someone owns things someone owns, especially large expensive things such as houses, land, or cars: · Some of the stolen property was discovered in an empty warehouse.school/church/army etc property: · The boys have been charged with damaging school property.private property: · Many state documents were considered as the officer's private property.
all the things that a person owns, which they keep in their home or carry with them: · They lost all their possessions in the floods.personal possessions: · Prisoners are allowed no personal possessions such as photographs of their families.somebody's most treasured/cherished/prized possessions: · One of my most treasured possessions is a small book of prayers.
spoken also stuff spoken informal things such as clothes, records, books, furniture etc that you own: somebody's things/stuff: · She always leaves her things all over the floor.· I don't how know I'm going to fit all my stuff into the new apartment.
things you own such as clothes, equipment, bags etc, especially things you take with you when you are travelling somewhere: · They packed all their belongings into the car and left the city that night.personal belongings: · It doesn't cost much to insure your personal belongings.
property that a person or a company owns and which they would be able to sell if they needed money - used especially in legal or business contexts: · The company has mining assets worth 8 billion Rand.freeze somebody's assets (=not allow them to sell them): · The government announced that it had frozen the assets of three senior bank officials.
all the things that you own - use this especially as a joke when you do not own much: · Two old chairs, a broken jug, and half a candle: these were all his worldly goods.· All her worldly goods were contained in four cardboard boxes.
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nouncapitalization of reserves, nouncapitalize, verbcapitalized, adjectivecapital movement, nouncapital outlay, capital rationing, nouncapital stock, capital sum, capital surplus, capital transfer, capital value, CAR, carried down, adjectivecarried forward, adjectivecarried over, adjectivecarryback, nouncarryforward, nouncarrying charge, carry-over, nouncash account, cash at bank, nouncash basis, nouncashbook, nouncash column, cash equivalent, cash flow, nouncashless, adjectivecash management, cash price, CBOT, c/d, certificate of deposit, nouncertificate of occupancy, nouncertified public accountant, nounCFO, chain of title, nounChapter 7, nounChartered Financial Consultant, nounchartist, nounchattels real, nounChicago Board Options Exchange, nounChicago Mercantile Exchange, nounChinese wall, nounchurning, nounCISCO, nounclawback, nounclean opinion, nounclearer, nounclearing agent, nounclosed-end, adjectiveclosely held, adjectiveCMA, CME, COGS, collection ratio, Comex, nouncomfort letter, commercial agent, common ownership, company doctor, company limited by guarantee, nouncompany limited by shares, nouncomparables, nouncomparable-store sales, compensate, verbcompensating error, completion date, compound, verbcompound annual rate of return, nouncompound interest, nouncomptroller, nounComptroller and Auditor General, nounComptroller General, nounComptroller of the Currency, nouncompulsory purchase order, concert party, nounconsistency concept, nounconsolidated accounts, consolidator, nounConsols, nouncontango, nouncontinuous inventory, contra account, contra-asset account, contract note, controller, nouncontrol period, conversion premium, cooling-off period, nounco-operative society, corporate investment, cost, verbcost of goods sold, nouncounting-house, nouncoupon sheet, nounCPA, nounCPI, cramdown, nouncredit, nouncredit, verbcredit card payment, credit facility, creditor turnover rate, nouncredit quality, credit repair, credit standing, credit status, creeping control, CREST, nouncurrency pair, nouncurrency peg, nounDaily Official List, nounday book, nounday order, dead cat bounce, death futures, debt capital, debt ratio, decliner, noundeed of conveyance, noundeferred credits, noundeferred income, deferred share, degearing, noundeleverage, noundelinquent tax certificate, delivery date, demand note, dematerialize, verbdemonetize, verbdemutualize, verbdenominated, adjectivedeposit certificate, depository institution, deposit protection fund, noundepreciable life, depreciation account, deprival value, derivative lease, direct exchange, direct investment, direct labour, directors register, discount brokerage, discount loan, discretionary account, discretionary order, discretionary spending, diversifieds, noundivestment, nounDJIA, dollar-cost averaging, noundollars-and-cents, adjectivedomestic investment, double declining balance, double-witching, noundown payment, noundowntick, nounDPS, drawdown, noundrawing account, dual capacity, noundual listing, due, adjectivedue diligence, earn, verbEasdaq, nouneconomic, adjectiveeffective rate, emissions unit, encash, verbequity, nounequity investment, ERM, nounerror of commission, nounerror of omission, nounerror of posting, nounerror of principle, nounethical investment, Euribor, nounEuro.NM, nounEuropean interbank offered rate, exceptionals, nounexchange arbitrage, exchange of contracts, nounex gratia, adjectiveexpense ratio, expiration date, face amount, factor cost, factoring, nounfailure, nounfair value, fand, nounFederal funds, fee absolute, nounfigure, nounfinal accounts, final distribution, finance charge, Financial Accounting Standards Board, nounfinancial investment, financials, nounfinancial services, financial supermarket, financial year, nounfinancier, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-quarter, adjectivefixed assets, nounfixed costs, nounfixed-income investment, fixed investment, fixtures and fittings, nounfloater, nounflood insurance, flowback, nounflow of funds, nounfocus list, foreign investment, freehold possession, free movement, nounfriends, nounfront-running, nounfull-year, adjectivefully-subscribed, adjectivefunder, nounfungible, adjectivefutures, nounfuture value, FY, G & A, gainer, noungilts, nounGinnie Mae, nounGLOBEX, nounGNMA, noungolden share, golds, noungood-faith money, government investment, greenshoe, noungross, adjectivegross income, gross investment, group accounts, grubstake, nounguaranty, nounhealth warning, nounhigh end, nounhigh flyer, nounhigh-yield, adjectiveHip, nounholding, nounholding company, nounholdout, nounhomeowner's insurance, home repair, household insurance, idle balance, imprest, nouninactive account, incentive fee, income and expenditure account, income share, incubator space, index-linked, adjectiveindirect exchange, industrials, nouninherit, verbinheritance, nouninjection, nounIN.SECTS, nouninstitutional investment, interest cover, International Monetary Fund, nounInternational Securities Exchange, nouninvest, verbinvestment, nouninvestment income, investor, nouninvestor resistance, issuance, nounissue flop, nounissuer, nounkerb market, key money, large-cap, nounlast in, first out, nounlast sale, leaseback, nounleasehold possession, ledger, nounledger clerk, legal investment, lending rate, nounletter of comfort, nounleverage, verblifecycle cost, LIFO, like-for-like, adjectiveliquidity, nounliquid ratio test, loading, nounloan-to-value ratio, London Clearing House, nounM & A, management charge, mandatory general offer, margin account, market order, material fact, nounmature, adjectivematurity, nounmid-cap, nounMMC, mortgage protection insurance, multiple (share) application, municipals, nounNational Market System, nounNational Savings Stock Register, nounNBV, net, adjectivenet, verbnet 10/eom, adverbnet 30, adverbnet annual value, net asset backing, net asset value, net book value, net income, net interest, net investment, net present value, net realizable value, nominal accounts, nominal price, nominal value, non-payment, nounnon-recurring, adjectivenote issuance facility, NPV, NTA, number-cruncher, nounOEIC, offer for sale, nounoff-market, adjectiveon demand, adverbopen interest, nounopen-market, adjectiveopen outcry, nounoperating income, option, nounoption premium, option pricing model, options contract, order-driven, adjectiveorigination, nounoutflow, nounoutturn, nounoutward investment, overallotment, nounoverborrow, verboverbought, adjectiveovercapitalized, adjectiveovergeared, adjectiveoverissue, nounoverlend, verboverseas investment, overtrade, verbowner-operator, nounP&L, packager, nounpaperchase, nounpar value, pass-through, nounpawn, verbpayables, nounpay and file, nounpaying agent, payout ratio, PDR, pension fund, nounpension plan, nounPE ratio, performance guarantee, permission to build, nounpersonal investment, petrodollars, nounPink Sheets, nounplanning application, plat book, pledgee, nounplot plan, pooling of interests, nounpork bellies, nounportfolio, nounpoundage, nounppd., prelease, verbpremium bond, nounpresale, nounprice-sensitive, adjectiveprimary share, prime-1, nounprime tenant, principal, nounprivate company, private income, nounprivate investment, privately-owned, adjectiveprivate placing, proceeds, nounprofit-taking, nounpro-forma, adjectivepro-forma invoice, prompt date, prompt note, property, nounproperty investment, pro rata, adjectiveprorate, verbpublic investment, publicly-held, adjectivepurchase journal, nounpurchases account, purse, nounp.w., quote-driven, adjectiveramping, nounrandom walk, nounratable, adjectiverateable value, rate of return, nounrating agency, real, adjectivereal accounts, real estate investment, realization concept, nounrebound, verbreceiver, nounreceivership, nounrecoup, verbrecuperate, verbred ink, nounredlining, nounrefunding, nounRegional Stock Exchange, nounregistered stock, REIT, nounremarket, verbREMIC, nounremit, verbremittance, nounrent, verbrental, nounrent-free, adjectiverepatriate, verbrepurchase agreement, research manager, reserve requirement, reserves, nounresidual value, resource, verbresults, nounretainer, nounretirement plan, nounreturn, verbreturn, nounrevenue, nounreverse share split, risk analysis, nounrisk profile, ROA, root of title, royalty payment, ruin, verbsale and repurchase agreement, sales account, sales budget, sales charge, sales returns account, salvage value, nounsame-store sales, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, nounsaving, nounSavings and Loan Association, nounSEATS, nounsecondary shares, second-tier share, securities house, security rating, self-dealing, nounself-liquidating, adjectiveSETS, nounsettlement date, settling day, nounshare application, share exchange offer, share manipulation, share split, shark repellent, nounshelf registration, Ship, nounshort-covering, nounshort-term gain, sinking fund, nounsiphon, verbsliding peg, nounsmall-cap, nounSOX, nounspeculate, verbspeculation, nounspeculative, adjectivespeculative 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adjectiveunitize, verbunit of account, noununsystematic risk, upfront fee, uptick, nounvault cash, vendor placing, Wall Street, war chest, nounweak, adjectiveworking capital, nounwrite-off, nounwritten-down value, yield spread, yield to call, nounyield to maturity, nounYTD, YTM, zaitech, nounZ-score, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The court froze their assets. intangible assets such as customer goodwill All of my assets were seized, including my home.
The court froze their assets. intangible assets such as customer goodwill· The organization’s most precious asset is its staff.
All of my assets were seized, including my home.· If you have a good network of contacts, you have a valuable asset.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· The capital asset of the farms had little importance for most yet in some areas the value must have been substantial.· Any asset with an expected useful life of more than one year is normally considered a capital asset.· Housing represents most of the capital assets of local government.· Depreciation accounting is simply a technique used to allocate the cost of a capital asset over its expected useful life.· Account should also be taken of relief which may be available for capital expenditure on assets.· The details of capital asset pricing theory are well beyond the scope of this book.· She would also be acquiring a capital asset.· A capital lease must be recorded on the balance sheet as a capital asset with an associated liability.
· The group's total intangible assets come to £13.922m, and total fixed and current assets to £24.869m.· Next, changes in current asset and liability accounts that impact cash must be accounted for.· Instead, the accruals accounts would have to be modified to maintain the current cost of assets.· As a firm grows, current assets will generally grow faster than current liabilities.· Investments Investments included in current assets are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.· Some current assets are by nature needed to maintain the company operations and would not normally be available to meet short-term obligations.· Fixed assets plus net current assets less long-term sources of funding, less shareholders' equity equals the short-term funding required.· It is likely to be converted into cash and is part of the operating cycle therefore a current asset.
· For bonds and other financial assets, this means a reduction in their rate of interest.· In financial terms, the value of any financial asset depends on the earning power of that asset.· However, we begin by discussing the financial assets in which they deal.· Those who were dubious or just cautious missed out on historic advances in financial asset values.· Between the two extremes come the various financial assets such as bonds and shares.· Medicaid pays nursing home bills for long-term custodial care, after patients have exhausted their financial assets.· Know where insurance policies, financial assets, Social Security numbers and wills are kept.
· The principal element of fixed assets is land and buildings acquired for development projects.· Therefore, fixed asset investment is normally financed through loans or leasing.· Their system interfaces with Britannia's fixed asset management system and with standard accounting packages.· We have a very large fixed asset base of £5 billion, producing £3 billion of sales.· The fixed asset holders, meanwhile, managed to get preferential help from the government to ease the pain.· It is not a fixed asset as there is no intention to use it in the business.· Why is it unlikely that depreciation will provide for replacement of the fixed asset?
· In the eyes of the Profitboss, people are the company's greatest asset.· Unkindness, especially unkindness coupled with wit, is the greatest asset a courtier can possess.· A horse or pony who will pop over a ditch without fuss is a great asset.· Sir Charles' accompaniments, as ever, are a great asset.· Sofa Head's greatest asset is the realisation that you don't have to set your sights on one target.· Perhaps her greatest asset as ambassador was her access to President Clinton, whom she had known for many years.· Health Optimism and positive thinking are your greatest assets in keeping fit and well.· Wright sees flexibility as a polytechnic's greatest asset.
· The workforce contributed towards this important asset in the social life of Wolverton - 615 subscribed £523 towards the building fund.· Economic considerations not withstanding, parental love will always be the most important asset in the family equation.· Their most important asset is the way in which they can deflect light.· Creating a Mission Statement Clarity of mission may be the single most important asset for a government organization.· Thus woman's sexuality is held to be her most important asset.· These millions of voters give California several important political assets.· Many chapels have an important asset in the form of substantial ancillary accommodation.· Its most important asset was the Glasgow weekly Forward which became the party's official paper in 1934.
· Measurement Intangible assets, such as knowledge and learning, account for a large part of a company's value.· The factors which, if present, indicate the transfer as a going concern largely relate to intangible assets.· Castle now carries audio copyrights under intangible assets at directors' valuation instead of at cost less amortisation.· The group's total intangible assets come to £13.922m, and total fixed and current assets to £24.869m.· The bank's accounts have just revealed that its intangible assets have shrunk alarmingly.· After a tortuous argument, the standard-setters agreed to let banks value and disclose their intangible assets in their balance sheets as well.· The problem lies in how intangible assets are defined and valued.
· At certain times, banks may decide that it is prudent to hold a bigger proportion of liquid assets.· Bills, while being a relatively liquid asset, generate some income for a bank.· They may also do so if they anticipate that their liquid assets may soon be squeezed by government monetary policy.· Short-term liquid assets are held for active trading purposes and for buying long-term investments.· These are both very liquid and interest-earning assets and thus provide a valuable second line of reserves.· They therefore provide a secure and highly liquid asset for the banks.· We emphasised in section 5.1 that bills are a very liquid form of asset.
· Target business to be run in ordinary course up to completion with no material changes in trading performance or net assets.· It is the price of the bonds that determines the net asset value of bond funds.· This year the company is disposing of the subsidiary at a consideration of £2.1m when its net assets are also £1.8m.· Completion accounts Completion accounts will usually be needed if the price is to be based on earnings or net asset values.· The largest spread allowed between offer and bid prices is 15 percent of net asset value.· A pro-forma statement of the combined companies' net assets was £294m.· Corporations qualify for access to this market if they have a stock exchange listing and net assets exceeding 50 million.· But it has £38.7 million net assets and we value the company on its assets.
· For bonds and other financial assets, this means a reduction in their rate of interest.· Together with certain other assets ... all legally signed over.· Of course he had some other assets, but the collapse of the central part of his fortune did not make for buoyancy.· They would use this to buy securities and other assets.· No other category of asset came close to rivalling that performance.· Banks are issuing a stream of securities backed by mortgages, credit-card receivables and other assets stripped off their balance sheets.· The sale of council houses has produced substantial capital receipts, and smaller amounts have come from the sale of other assets.· With an asset sale the purchaser selects the assets he wishes to buy and leaves behind all other assets.
· I'd say you're a real asset to the old firm, not to mention highly decorative.
· Fixed Assets Fixed assets capitalised during the year amount to £865,000 of which £700,000 relates to tangible assets and £165,000 to investments.· Stocks and bonds finance tangible assets such as factories and machinery.· Any permanent impairment of tangible assets identified is written off.· In rich families that have substantial inherited wealth, assets may be primarily in the form of claims on tangible assets.· He left the house, his only tangible asset, jointly to my aunt and myself.· Investors bought into tangible assets and sought return from income.· Net tangible assets were £49.2 million.· Tangible Assets and Depreciation Tangible assets are stated at cost or valuation less accumulated depreciation.
· Therefore, equity demands that they share in the total assets.· Closedends' total assets of $ 130 billion are dwarfed by the $ 2. 51 trillion in open-end funds' assets.· The group's total intangible assets come to £13.922m, and total fixed and current assets to £24.869m.· Between 1960 and 1970, however, total assets grew sevenfold.· Cicero Bank is a New Yorkchartered commercial bank with total assets of $ 26 million and total deposits of $ 21 million.· As you can see from Table 16.2, they account for a tiny fraction of total assets.· By December 1995, 91 unit trusts had a total asset base of 33. 7 billion rand.
· Yet in all but a very few, it is people that are the organisation's most costly and most valuable asset.· We consider him a valuable asset, so we had to respond to keep him for the long term.· It has also been planned with the understanding that people are among the most valuable assets that any firm or corporation has.· Amelia, as the most famous female pilot, therefore became a valuable asset to an airline and was treated more seriously.· If you have a good network of contacts, you have a valuable asset.· It is one of our most valuable assets, like the land that produces our food.· It also meant that well-trained war-horses were immensely valuable assets.
NOUN· Their system interfaces with Britannia's fixed asset management system and with standard accounting packages.· Since Newman was named president in October, Bankers Trust reorganized its derivatives and asset management businesses.· The ability to follow every financial instrument on every market for effective asset management.· They also are responsible for budgeting, performance evaluation, cost management, and asset management.· The congress agreed to establish a closed trade unions' assets management company in which any union could become a member.· Cushman & Wakefield's asset management team ensures that the project's vision of quality and excellence is continuously achieved.· Halifax is offering to pay £500 million for Equitable's asset management business, sales force and systems.· In other cases, trusts can be a convenient vehicle for asset management.
· Further asset sales from breaking up ConsGold will put it in an even stronger position from which to launch further takeovers.· Do asset sales count as revenues?· Expenditures will reduce sharply during 1993 as several developments are completed and as obligations are reduced as a result of asset sales.· It embarked on a program of asset sales.· The idea is to repay the bond with cash raised from asset sales.· Or rule on whether asset sales, user fees, mandates and flashes of congressional ingenuity yet undreamed of violate the Constitution?· With asset sales the purchaser does not assume the liabilities except as regards employees, unless this is specifically agreed.· With an asset sale the purchaser selects the assets he wishes to buy and leaves behind all other assets.
· In addition, the management company may charge an annual fee of 0.5-1 percent of net asset value.· We think the asset value is $ 30-plus.· The largest spread allowed between offer and bid prices is 15 percent of net asset value.· It is the price of the bonds that determines the net asset value of bond funds.· Its development costs are not much less than the firm's total asset value.· Wanless is first to admit he has no quick antidote to the corrosive effect of falling asset values.· On a brighter note, net asset value rose 10 percent to 596.5p, from 542.2p, in the 12 months.· Palatine shareholders are being offered a significant increase in capital value and income, plus a substantial premium over net asset value.
VERB· She would also be acquiring a capital asset.· The waste-management company also entered into a pact to acquire other Wastemasters assets for about $ 15. 8 million.· Indeed, Fleet was eager to liquidate the preferred shares, because they legally precluded it from integrating those newly acquired assets.· Whether a company acquires an asset through loan or leasing, it is committed to making future cash payments.· With the help of the Greyhound Bank it acquired Dan Air assets but grew quickly as its order book grew.· Mr Pinault acquired an asset that subsequently produced lots of much-needed cash.· Emap will acquire nominal net assets.
· Put another way, there is no longer the incentive to economise on every spare pound and penny in order buy interest-earning assets.· To grow, they slashed, re-engineered, and bought and sold assets.· One of the first issues the parties will face is the decision of whether to buy assets or shares.· Conceptually, leasing is similar to borrowing money to buy the asset.· It helped several shady entrepreneurs to buy assets all over the world.· Investors bought into tangible assets and sought return from income.· Investors buy a general claim on the investment trust, rather than buy the assets as in a unit trust.· The lease contains a bargain purchase option-that is, an option to buy the asset at a very low price. 3.
· The asset section of the balance sheet is divided into two major sections: current assets and fixed assets.· The $ 150 quarterly increase reflects the increase in size of the loan concomitant with the fixed asset expansion.· At Dallas-based Richmont, he will oversee the management of about $ 350 million in fixed-income assets.· But whereas open-end funds take in cash from investors at any time, closed-end funds have a fixed amount of assets.
· Mr Doherty was suspended and court injunctions taken to freeze both his assets and those of the computer company.· A federal judge has frozen most of the assets.· This gave wide investigative powers, and made possible the seizing, freezing and confiscation of assets.· The court decision prohibits the destruction of books and records, and freezes the defendants' assets.
· Financial assets are issued by borrowers and traded by financial institutions who hold them.· Trusts have long been used to hold assets that would otherwise disqualify the heir from public assistance.· As interest rates go up, the balance of advantage shifts towards holding financial assets which earn these higher interest rates.· And a crop of sites are dedicated to savers and investors who hold assets outside their home countries.· Thus financial institutions like to hold a range of assets with varying degrees of liquidity and profitability.· The judge said he would hold an assets confiscation hearing on Emmett in November.· This obviously reduces the income below what it would have been had he been able to hold the assets directly.· Everyone wants to hold their assets in liquid form.
· A settlement for these purposes does not include a transfer of assets.· The most popular activities include fund management, asset financing, captive insurance and treasury management.· This is because it must include all assets which might be acquired for investment purposes.· The least liquid end of the portfolio includes high-profit assets, such as loans to individuals and companies.· Examples could include prepayments, fixed assets, accruals, etc. 6.· It includes assets which could be converted with relative ease and without capital loss into spending on goods and services.
· Financial institutions - which act as intermediaries between lenders and borrowers, and manage their own asset portfolios. 3.· Farnham, which manages assets of $ 30 billion.· However, Hanson was also famous for two other things: buying cheaply and managing its assets extremely well.· The firm manages assets of $ 400 million.· This uses NatWest funds, but external investment managers are appointed to manage the assets within the funds.· It also assumes that providers are free to manage their assets and personnel to maximise efficiency gains.
· Answer guide: Record an asset and reduce the asset bank.· Depreciation is a charge that reduces the value of assets over time, reflecting their use.· Answer guide: Increase the asset bank and reduce the asset debtors.· Answer guide: Reduce a liability, the loan, and reduce the asset bank.· Balance sheet - reduce one asset and perhaps increase another.· Firstly, this will reduce the net asset value of the company, says Mr Marshall.· Answer guide: Record a reduction in the liability, creditors, and reduce the asset bank.· Balance sheet - reduce an asset and a liability.
· With tight defence budgets, Trinidad is trying to change the law to make use of seized assets a priority.· None the less, the plaintiffs can move immediately to seize his assets.· He seized the assets of all those he held, doubtless exceeding his authority in cases of the very wealthy.
· How many hungry people might have been fed when he sold his material assets?· To grow, they slashed, re-engineered, and bought and sold assets.· Nor can they do anything about his methods of selling the assets which have been charged.· If we sell you the asset, we get 100 in cash but you get an asset worth 100.· The company promised last month to reorganize its loss-making Cunard and engineering units and to sell assets.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► realize an asset► toxic debt/loan/asset
1[usually plural] the things that a company owns, that can be sold to pay debtsin assets- A definition of family property that is restricted to claims on tangible property is weighted heavily toward the concerns of rich families.
- Any permanent impairment of tangible assets identified is written off.
- Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost or valuation of tangible assets other than freehold land over their estimated useful lives.
- Fixed Assets Fixed assets capitalised during the year amount to £865,000 of which £700,000 relates to tangible assets and £165,000 to investments.
- In rich families that have substantial inherited wealth, assets may be primarily in the form of claims on tangible assets.
- Investors bought into tangible assets and sought return from income.
- Net tangible assets were £49.2 million.
- Stocks and bonds finance tangible assets such as factories and machinery.
- My feeling, for what it's worth, is that they should be regarded as wasting assets.
a corporation with $9 billion in assets the value of a company’s assets2[usually singular] something or someone that is useful because they help you succeed or deal with problems OPP liability: A sense of humor is a great asset in this business.be an asset to somebody/something I think Rachel would be an asset to the department. → fixed assets, liquid assets