All 14 Uses
assets
in
The Black Widow
(Edited)
- At a moment like this, she thought, her looks were an asset.
p. 9.7 *asset = a positive trait
- Nor could any of Alpha Group's assets identify the two perpetrators.
p. 19.5assets = spies
- Instead, I have to deal with the loss of our best contract employee in Beirut and an asset we spent a great deal of time and effort recruiting.
p. 38.8asset = spy
- Gabriel knew this because, in preparation for taking over as chief, he had been devouring briefing books on all current operations and assets.
p. 53.8assets = spies
- Lavon also happened to be a skilled financial investigator who singlehandedly had managed to track down millions of dollars' worth of looted Holocaust assets.
p. 90.4 *assets = things of financial value
- Her eyes, she had decided, were her most alluring asset, wide, dark, intelligent, beguiling, with a trace of treachery and perhaps some hidden reservoir of pain.
p. 118.5asset = positive trait
- It was time to put their asset into play.
p. 186.5asset = spy
- But the asset was Gabriel's, and therefore the decision was his, too.
p. 186.6
- His unthreatening appearance, like his flair for languages, had been a valuable asset, both in the field, where he had served with distinction in several postings, and at headquarters.
p. 257.3asset = positive trait or thing of value
- But unfortunately the beast is largely immune to our dominance in cyberspace, and we have no human assets in ISIS to speak of.
p. 261.5assets = spies
- What if she's not the only operational asset?
p. 349.1asset = spy
- Several Israeli citizens had died in the Paris attack, along with Hannah Weinberg, a woman who was a personal friend of Allon's and an asset of Israeli intelligence.
p. 370.6
- Fear was his calling card, and at a time like this, with an agent in the hands of the most violent terrorist group the world had ever known, fear was his only asset.
p. 466.9asset = thing of value
- He was no bit player; he was a major operational asset, a planner who had patiently moved the pieces into place and provided cover for the attack cells.
p. 467.1asset = spy
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)