see also: ASSET
Pronunciation Noun
asset (plural assets)
- Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.
- These shares are a valuable asset.
- 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.
- (software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
- (espionage) An intelligence asset.
- (slang, vulgar, usually, in the plural) The private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.
- 2009, Kaitlynn Maguire and Margaret Tingley, Serendipitous Moments of Female Sensuality, p. 27:
- 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, Cheyenne McCray, The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel, p. 189:
- “Slave Alexi has nice assets.”
- 2009, Kaitlynn Maguire and Margaret Tingley, Serendipitous Moments of Female Sensuality, p. 27:
- French: actif, avoir, atout
- German: Aktiva, Vermögenswert, Anlage, Gut, Vorteil, Ressource, Plus, Pluspunkt
- Italian: bene, proprietà, possedimento, risorsa
- Portuguese: bem, activo, ativo
- Russian: акти́в
- Spanish: bien, valor, activo (economy)
- French: module
ASSET
Proper noun
- Initialism of Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians
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