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  • 121Asset Ledger — The part of a company s accounting records that detail the journal entries relating only to the asset side of the balance sheet. Asset ledgers will have many subaccounts, and the larger the company, the more numerous and complex the… …

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  • 122Asset Performance — A business s ability to take productive resources and manage them within its operations to produce subsequent returns. Asset performance is typically used to compare one company s performance over time or against its competition. Possessing… …

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  • 123Asset Sales — A sale of bank receivables by a bank to another party. Asset sales are often accomplished through the sales of individual loans or pools of whole loans. Asset sales are nonrecourse sales that are also sometimes accomplished through the… …

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  • 124Asset Turnover — The amount of sales generated for every dollar s worth of assets. It is calculated by dividing sales in dollars by assets in dollars. Formula: Also known as the Asset Turnover Ratio. Asset turnover measures a firm s efficiency at using its assets …

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  • 125Asset-Based Approach — A type of business valuation that focuses on a company s net asset value, or the fair market value of its total assets minus its total liabilities. The asset based approach basically asks what it would cost to recreate the business. There is some …

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  • 126Asset turnover — The ratio of net sales to total assets. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * asset turnover asset turnover ➔ turnover * * *    ► See Capital Turnover. * * * asset turnover UK US noun [C or U] (also ass …

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  • 127asset turnover — The ratio of net sales to total assets. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * asset turnover asset turnover ➔ turnover * * *    ► See Capital Turnover. * * * asset turnover UK US noun [C or U] (also asset turnover ratio …

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  • 128asset — 01. I m sure that his experience and his positive attitude will be an [asset] to this job. 02. His English language skills are a great [asset] in his job in international trade. 03. Her [assets], including investments and commercial properties,… …

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