All 13 Uses of
assets
in
Angels & Demons
- Leonardo Vetra was one of CERN's greatest assets.†
Chpt 11-12
- What are my assets?†
Chpt 37-38
- Or how four of your most precious assets could have disappeared this afternoon.†
Chpt 41-42
- Our assets?†
Chpt 41-42
- Liquidated assets as it were.†
Chpt 41-42
- Asset secondary.†
Chpt 57-58
- Asset secondary.†
Chpt 57-58
- Vatican assets?†
Chpt 79-80 *
- "Paperwork of all Vatican assets," the guard said.†
Chpt 79-80
- My commander said that whatever Bernini created while under Vatican patronage would be listed here as an asset.†
Chpt 79-80
- Langdon quickly located the section of assets containing the ledgers cataloging Belle Arti.†
Chpt 83-84
- Langdon now realized, appropriate to a vault called "Vatican Assets," the ledgers were arranged by the overall monetary value of each artist's collection.†
Chpt 83-84
- Robert Langdon has been quite an asset.†
Chpt 87-88
Definition:
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(assets as in: it's one of her best assets) a positive trait or thing of valuein various senses, including:
- a positive trait -- as in "Her confidence is an asset in the job search."
- something highly valued -- as in "The University is one of the city's greatest assets."
- soldiers or military equipment -- as in "They moved assets into the contested area."
- a spy -- as in "She was the United States' most valuable asset in China."
editor's notes: Assets are often contrasted to their opposite, liabilities.