ASSET
What does "ASSET" mean?
A useful or valuable thing, person, or quality; property with economic value.
Meanings
- An item of property or resource owned by a person or company that has value. The company's biggest asset is its patent portfolio.
- A useful or valuable quality, skill, or person. Her calm under pressure is a real asset to the team.
Did you know?
- 'Asset' didn't come first - 'assets' did, from Anglo-French for 'enough'; people mistook the final 's' for a plural and back-formed the singular 'asset'.
Word origin
From Anglo-French 'asetz' ('enough'), from Latin 'ad satis' ('to sufficiency') - originally a legal term meaning 'enough property to settle debts'; the false singular 'asset' was later back-formed from 'assets'.
Remember it
ASSET hides 'set' at the end - think of a fixed 'set' of valuable things you own. And it starts with 'AS' you'd want.
A little poem
They tallied the gold and the deeds and the land-
but the steadiest asset just lent them a hand.
couplet
Wordplay
- The accountant called the office dog the company's most loyal asset. Returns were low, but the dividends were pure tail-wag.
What it teaches
The asset that never appears on the balance sheet is usually the one holding it all up.
Quick facts
What does ASSET mean?
A useful or valuable thing, person, or quality; property with economic value.
Is ASSET a valid word?
Yes — ASSET is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ASSET?
ASSET has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ASSET come from?
From Anglo-French 'asetz' ('enough'), from Latin 'ad satis' ('to sufficiency') - originally a legal term meaning 'enough property to settle debts'; the false singular 'asset' was later back-formed from 'assets'.
What can ASSET teach us?
The asset that never appears on the balance sheet is usually the one holding it all up.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.