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assets
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Sole Survivor
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- The drunk driver had no assets, and they received no compensation from any insurance company for the loss of the limb.
Chpt 3.12 *assets = things of financial value
- He is considered an espionage asset of incalculable value—until, fortunately by degrees, he discovers that he is able to step into a human mind as easily as he steps into distant rooms.
Chpt 4.16asset = someone of value to an organization
- A variety of drugs are available to precipitate painful and terrifying physiological symptoms—such as violent muscle spasms and inflamed nerve sheaths—which pose no danger to the life of this valuable asset.
Chpt 4.16
- If you can bear to watch, the containment vessel is opened twice each week to allow the handlers to clean their asset.
Chpt 4.16 *asset = thing of value
- Easier to halt an avalanche with a feather than to resist their combined might, and they will shortly begin to use every asset in their arsenal to locate Rose and the girl.
Chpt 4.16
- There are those in Project 99 who believe that 21-21 is their greatest asset—although others find 89-58, in spite of the considerable control problems that he poses, to be the most interesting and valuable property in the long run.†
Chpt 4.16
Definitions:
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(1)
(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."
Assets are often contrasted to their opposite, liabilities. -
(2)
(assets as in: the company's assets & liabilities) things of financial value; or a listing of the cash value of things ownedAssets are often considered with their opposite, liabilities (debt and other financial obligations).
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)