Sample sentences for ASSETS - verbalworkout.com

2 meanings

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1 —as in:
it's one of her best assets

Definition

a positive trait or thing of value

assets = things of value

Other Uses (with this meaning)

asset = positive trait

You are your most valuable asset. Don't forget that. You are the best thing you have.
Gary Paulsen -- Hatchet

asset = a thing of value

Having left USC a few credits short, he had no college degree, a critical asset in a job market glutted with veterans and former war production workers.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

asset = thing of value

Unless, unless ... It suddenly occurred to Bernard that her very revoltingness might prove an enormous asset.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

asset = positive trait or thing of value

I need to polish you up a bit, but your aversion to all things fake might just be your greatest asset here.
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

asset = positive trait or thing of value

...and get editorials in the paper for being a public disgrace one day and an asset to society the next.
S.E. Hinton -- The Outsiders

asset = something of value

When Walt and Billie suggested that he needed a college degree to attain a fulfilling career, Chris answered that careers were demeaning "twentieth-century inventions," more of a liability than an asset, and that he would do fine without one, thank you.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

asset = thing of value

But that name turned out to be a detriment rather than an asset to me.
Sharon M. Draper -- Tears of a Tiger

asset = positive trait or thing of value

asset = a positive trait or thing of value

2 —as in:
the company's assets

Definition

the cash value that an accountant would place on things that are owned; or the things of value

The company has strong assets and a good credit history, so the bank will loan them money at a low interest rate.

assets = the cash value that an accountant would place on things that are owned; or the things of value

Other Uses (with this meaning)

assets = the cash value that an accountant would place on things that are owned; or the things of value

asset = the cash value that an accountant would place on things that are owned; or the things of value

He promised he would make his own assets and tax return public.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

assets = things of financial value

In the coming months, he would declare an oil embargo, freeze Japanese assets in America, and finally declare a total trade embargo.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken

assets = things of financial value

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