asset

Meaning

  1. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
  2. A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
  3. Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
  4. An intelligence asset.
  5. (slang) A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈæsɪt/
Etymology

Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.

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