assets

noun

Definition of assetsnext
plural of asset
as in wealth
the total of one's money and property as a result of the booming economy, the college's assets grew dramatically over the course of the decade

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Recent Examples of assets In the complaint, Aaron asks that neither party be awarded alimony and that both parties' community assets and debts are in accordance with Nevada law. — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025 The dots represented arts organizations, creative businesses, studios, galleries, performance venues, and cultural and historic assets. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025 However, all but the wealthiest can afford to put all their retirement assets in cash and cash equivalents. — Chris Carosa, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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  1. wealth
  2. capital
  3. money
Noun
  • For decades, real estate has been heralded as the gold standard of wealth building in the Black community.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Poulter plays a radically un-self-aware scion of a billionaire family in A24’s absurdist comedy about wealth and privilege (which also stars Jenna Ortega, Paul Rudd and Téa Leoni).
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Definition of wealth
Noun
  • The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had dominated the capital for most of the war, with the Sudanese army forced to set up a wartime hub at Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast.
    — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
  • In Arkansas, a 5-year-old was killed Saturday by storms in the capital of Little Rock.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
Definition of capital
Noun
  • Britain had guns and jails and beer and gobs of money.
    — Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • But by 1987, Foreman was running out of money and opted to return to boxing after a decade away, coming back to the ring to raise money for his ministries, his website biography reads.
    — Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
Definition of money

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