Antonym: idle, indolent, lazy, neglectful, negligent. Similar words: asset, passe, assess, assert, assent, assemble, assembly, crevasse. Meaning: ['æset] 
n. anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company.
n. anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company. 
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241) For bonds and other financial assets, this means a reduction in their rate of interest.
242) The company promised last month to reorganize its loss-making Cunard and engineering units and to sell assets.
243) The key element is to obtain professional advice on the value of the assets at current use and for development.
244) Some current assets are by nature needed to maintain the company operations and would not normally be available to meet short-term obligations.
245) Intangible assets include goodwill, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and franchise.
246) Shareholder's equity represents claims by owners against the assets.
247) Allocation of invested funds between risk - free assets and the risky portfolio.
248) There is no question of any "sell-off" of Russian land or assets.
249) Large shareholder expropriates through equity financing, cash dividends, assets transactions and mortgages.