asset

noun

/ˈæset/

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a person or thing that is valuable or useful to somebody/something
- In his job, patience is an invaluable asset.
- Being able to speak a foreign language is a major asset.
- I’m not sure if his forcefulness is an asset or a liability.
- asset to somebody/something She'll be an asset to the team.
Extra Examples
- Scotland's mountain areas are a natural asset to be proud of.
- The teachers are the school's biggest asset.
- The tourist industry requires that the country's cultural assets be made more accessible.
- Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- considerable
- great
- …
preposition
- asset to
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[usually plural] a thing of value, especially property, that a person or company owns, which can be used or sold to pay debts
- the net asset value of the company
- Her assets include shares in the company and a house in France.
- asset sales/management
- income from fixed asset investments
- financial/capital assets
- to freeze a country’s assets
compare liability
Wordfinder
- asset
- bond
- capital
- dividend
- equity
- fund
- interest
- invest
- portfolio
- share
Extra Examples
- He transferred all his assets into his wife's name.
- Liquid assets can be sold more quickly.
- Net assets have grown to $169 million.
- The authorities have the power to seize the assets of convicted drug dealers.
- The business disposed of all its capital assets.
- The company has increased its UK assets.
- The courts can order a company's assets to be frozen.
- They have hidden assets in banks around the world.
- measures to prevent asset stripping
Topics Moneyb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- combined
- total
- gross
- …
verb + asset
- have
- hold
- own
- …
asset + verb
- be worth something
- appreciate
- grow
- …
asset + noun
- price
- value
- management
- …
phrases
- assets and liabilities
See full entry

Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the plural in the sense ‘sufficient estate to allow discharge of a will’): from an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French asez ‘enough’, based on Latin ad ‘to’ + satis ‘enough’.

单词	asset
释义	asset noun /ˈæset/ /ˈæset/ jump to other results a person or thing that is valuable or useful to somebody/something In his job, patience is an invaluable asset. Being able to speak a foreign language is a major asset. I’m not sure if his forcefulness is an asset or a liability. asset to somebody/something She'll be an asset to the team. Extra Examples Scotland's mountain areas are a natural asset to be proud of. The teachers are the school's biggest asset. The tourist industry requires that the country's cultural assets be made more accessible. Since his injury, Jones has become more of a liability than an asset to the team. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big considerable great … preposition asset to See full entry [usually plural] a thing of value, especially property, that a person or company owns, which can be used or sold to pay debts the net asset value of the company Her assets include shares in the company and a house in France. asset sales/management income from fixed asset investments financial/capital assets to freeze a country’s assets compare liability Wordfinder asset bond capital dividend equity fund interest invest portfolio share Extra Examples He transferred all his assets into his wife's name. Liquid assets can be sold more quickly. Net assets have grown to $169 million. The authorities have the power to seize the assets of convicted drug dealers. The business disposed of all its capital assets. The company has increased its UK assets. The courts can order a company's assets to be frozen. They have hidden assets in banks around the world. measures to prevent asset stripping Topics Moneyb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective combined total gross … verb + asset have hold own … asset + verb be worth something appreciate grow … asset + noun price value management … phrases assets and liabilities See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the plural in the sense ‘sufficient estate to allow discharge of a will’): from an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French asez ‘enough’, based on Latin ad ‘to’ + satis ‘enough’.
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