Assets
- Assets
- Assets As"sets, n. pl. [OF. asez enough, F. assez, fr. L. ad +
satis, akin to Gr. ? enough, Goth. saps full. Cf. {Assai},
{Satisfy}.]
1. (Law)
(a) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the
payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets
because sufficient to render the executor or
administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so
far as such goods or estate may extend. --Story.
--Blackstone.
(b) Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable
to the payment of debts.
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2. The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a
corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or
a trading association; -- opposed to {liabilities}.
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Note: In balancing accounts the assets are put on the Cr.
side and the debts on the Dr. side.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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