assets

Noun

plural form of asset
(finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
His assets are much greater than his liabilities.
(law) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.

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The assets of the Trade Departments were valued at £110,657 in 1909.
The life insurance companies have assets to the value of about $225,000,000.
The indigenous population must be considered one of the assets of Liberia.
Banking.-There are four banks of issue, of which two are local institutions; their united assets average £3,576,700.
On the 30th of June 1908 the total cash assets of the government were $7,860,697, of which $6,000,000 was invested in New York City real estate, and more than $1,500,000 was in deposits in New York.

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