Asset



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 财产; 可取之处
• ［英］ n. 财产 ( anything owned) ; 可取之处 ( a desirable thing)
• ［类］ 反义词: liability ( 负债)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: back-formation from assets, singular, sufficient property to pay debts and legacies, from Anglo-French assetz, from asez enough, from Vulgar Latin *ad satis, from Latin ad to + satis enough — more at at, sad
• Date: 1531
• 1. plural
  • a. the property of a deceased person subject by law to the payment of his or her debts and legacies
  • b. the entire property of a person, association, corporation, or estate applicable or subject to the payment of debts
• 2. advantage, resource his wit is his chief asset
• 3.
  • a. an item of value owned
  • b. plural the items on a balance sheet showing the book value of property owned
• 4. something useful in an effort to foil or defeat an enemy: as
  • a. a piece of military equipment
  • b. spy

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