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  • 71asset, intangible — n. Assets that have no physical presence, such as trademarks or goodwill. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …

    Law dictionary

  • 72asset — Anything that is owned by an individual. With respect to saving and investing, assets are generally categorized as liquid (cash) and capital (investment) assets (BANKRUPTCY DICTIONARY OF TERMS)/. A thing, chattel, resource or item or piece of… …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 73ASSET — Source For Software Engineering Technology (Computing » Telecom) ** Assessment Of Skills For Successful Entry And Transfer (Community » Educational) ** Allegheny Schools Science Education And Technology (Community » Educational) * ASE trading… …

    Abbreviations dictionary

  • 74asset/liability management — ( ALM) Coordinated management of all of the financial risks inherent in the business conducted by a financial institution. The process of balancing the management of separate types of financial risk to achieve desired objectives while operating… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 75asset appreciation — UK US noun [U] ► FINANCE CAPITAL APPRECIATION(Cf. ↑capital appreciation) …

    Financial and business terms

  • 76asset stripping — asset .stripping n [U] the practice of buying a company cheaply and then selling all the things it owns to make a quick profit used to show disapproval …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 77asset — see ASSETS (Cf. assets) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 78asset — 1 (in plural form assets) resources, means, *possessions, effects, belongings Antonyms: liabilities 2 *credit Antonyms: handicap …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 79asset — ► NOUN 1) a useful or valuable thing or person. 2) (assets) property owned by a person or company. ORIGIN originally in the sense «sufficient estate to allow discharge of a will»: from Old French asez enough …

    English terms dictionary

  • 80asset-stripping — ► NOUN ▪ the taking over of a company in financial difficulties and selling each of its assets at a profit …

    English terms dictionary