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# assets

noun (assets — plural; singular asset)

«assets» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (money) Things a person or company owns that are worth money, like a house, savings or machines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/#m1)
2. A useful quality, skill or person: «She is an asset to the team». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/#m2)
3. (computing) Files like pictures and sounds used in a game or app. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/#m3)

### In the lessons

In money lessons, assets are what you own and debts are what you owe. In everyday talk, a kind pupil is «an asset to the class». In game design, assets are images and sounds. Phrases: «a great asset», «assets and debts».

### Examples

- The company's assets include three factories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/#x1)
- Her kindness is one of her best assets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/#x2)
- He's a real asset to the football team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/#x3)
- We added sound assets to our game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/#x4)
- A house is a big asset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/#x5)
- They had to sell their assets to pay the debt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/#x6)

### Note

Countable. In maths/money: net worth = assets − debts (liabilities). Opposite in money: liabilities.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «assets» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assets/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«assets» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/assets.html) on Mova free.