assets

  • 1assets — I noun available means, belongings, bona, capital, chattels, effects, estate, funds, goods, holdings, inventories, money, pecuniary resources, personal effects, personal resources, possessions, principal, property, reserves, resources, riches,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Assets — As sets, n. pl. [OF. asez enough, F. assez, fr. L. ad + satis, akin to Gr. ? enough, Goth. saps full. Cf. {Assai}, {Satisfy}.] 1. (Law) (a) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; called assets… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3assets — are every form of property that the debtor owns. They include such intangible things as business goodwill; the right to sue someone; or stock options. The debtor must disclose all of his assets in the bankruptcy schedules; exemptions remove the… …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 4assets — (n.) 1530s, sufficient estate, from Anglo Fr. asetz (singular), from O.Fr. assez (11c.) sufficiency, satisfaction; compensation, noun use of adverb meaning enough, sufficiently; very much, a great deal, from V.L. *ad satis to sufficiency, from L …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 5assets — /aesets/ Property of all kinds, real and personal, tangible and intangible, including, inter alia, for certain purposes, patents and causes of action which belong to any person including a corporation and the estate of a decedent. The entire… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6assets — /aesets/ Property of all kinds, real and personal, tangible and intangible, including, inter alia, for certain purposes, patents and causes of action which belong to any person including a corporation and the estate of a decedent. The entire… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 7assets — Synonyms and related words: Swiss bank account, accounts, accounts payable, accounts receivable, affluence, assessed valuation, assets and liabilities, available means, balance, bank account, bottom dollar, bottomless purse, budget, budgeting,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8assets — The property of a natural person or a corporation, real or personal, corporeal or incorporeal, especially property which is subject to seizure under and sale under process for payment of debts. See admitted assets; assets of a debtor; assets of a …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 9assets — noun anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑possession • Hyponyms: ↑share, ↑portion, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 10assets — n. 1) to realize; unfreeze assets 2) current; financial; frozen; hidden; intangible; liquid; tangible assets * * * financial frozen hidden intangible liquid tangible assets unfreezeassets current …

    Combinatory dictionary