| 单词 | assets |
| 释义 | assets (once / 463 pages) n Your assets are things you have that are valuable. Money, property, and skills are all assets. When you talk about assets, you're talking about things that are good to have: they're worth something or they're useful. Money is certainly an asset. A house you own is an asset. If you're an employer, good employees are assets to the company. Personal qualities can be assets, too: if you're smart, brave, or even just good looking, consider it an asset. WORD FAMILYasset: assets USAGE EXAMPLESDuring downturns, businesses typically cut capital investment—spending that increases or improves physical assets like buildings, equipment and computers. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) It sold off its assets in 2008 and later shut down. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Then expenditures began swamping revenues in 2014, and by the end of 2015, all of the foundation’s assets were depleted. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) n anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company Hypo|Hyper part, percentage, portion, share assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group tax basecollective value of taxable assets receivablesmoney that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts crown jewelthe most desirable assets of a corporation deep pocketa source of substantial wealth (usually plural) reserve assetscapital held back from investment in order to meet probable or possible demands amount, amount of money, sum, sum of moneya quantity of money resourceavailable source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed intangible, intangible assetassets that are saleable though not material or physical current assets, liquid assets, quick assetsassets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) investment, investment fundsmoney that is invested with an expectation of profit equitythe difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it protection, securitydefense against financial failure; financial independence material resourceassets in the form of material possessions capitalwealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value capital, working capitalassets available for use in the production of further assets cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resourceassets in the form of money hole cardany assets that are concealed until they can be used advantageously creditmoney available for a client to borrow overagea surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations accounts receivablea creditor's accounts of money owed to him; normally arise from the sale of products or services gainthe amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating gross, receipts, revenuethe entire amount of income before any deductions are made cash surrender valuethe amount that the insurance company will pay on a given life insurance policy if the policy is cancelled prior to the death of the insured contributionan amount of money contributed endowment, endowment fundthe capital that provides income for an institution deductible(taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax) defalcationthe sum of money that is misappropriated tranchea portion of something (especially money) dispensationa share that has been dispensed or distributed dolea share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given waya portion of something divided into shares rationa fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) allowancean amount allowed or granted (as during a given period) piece, slicea share of something splita promised or claimed share of loot or money interest, stake(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something profit sharinga system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business cuta share of the profits allocation, allotmenta share set aside for a specific purpose loss, red, red inkthe amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue paper gold, special drawing rightsreserve assets in the International Monetary Fund; designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange market figurean amount of money expressed numerically natural resource, natural resourcesresources (actual and potential) supplied by nature labor resourcesresources of available manpower good will, goodwill(accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets) stockthe capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity) speculation, venturean investment that is very risky but could yield great profits easy streetfinancial security hedge, hedgingany technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change coverage, insurance coveragethe total amount and type of insurance carried insurancepromise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company riches, wealthan abundance of material possessions and resources means, substanceconsiderable capital (wealth or income) risk capital, venture capitalwealth available for investment in new or speculative enterprises operating capitalcapital available for the operations of a firm (e.g. manufacturing or transportation) as distinct from financial transactions and long-term improvements corpus, principal, principal sumcapital as contrasted with the income derived from it seed moneycapital needed to set up a new business or enterprise bankthe funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games bankroll, rolla roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.) pocketa supply of money Medicaid fundspublic funds used to pay for Medicaid exchequer, treasurythe funds of a government or institution or individual money supplythe total stock of money in the economy; currency held by the public plus money in accounts in banks bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenancethe financial means whereby one lives backing, financial backing, financial support, funding, supportfinancial resources provided to make some project possible ways and meansresources available to meet expenses (especially legislation for raising revenue for a government) advance, cash advancean amount paid before it is earned cheap moneycredit available at low rates of interest export credita credit opened by an importer with a bank in an exporter's country to finance an export operation import creditcredit opened by an importer at a bank in his own country upon which an exporter may draw bank line, credit line, line, line of credit, personal credit line, personal line of creditthe maximum credit that a customer is allowed commercial creditcredit granted by a bank to a business concern for commercial purposes letter of credita document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the customer's credit payroll, paysheetthe total amount of money paid in wages peanutsan insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount pursea sum of money offered as a prize pursea sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse escrow fundsfunds held in escrow matching fundsfunds that will be supplied in an amount matching the funds available from other sources possession anything owned or possessed |
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