(n. pl.) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend.
(n. pl.) Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts.
(n. pl.) The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities.
Example Sentences:
(1) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
(2) The surge the prime minister talks about can only be achieved by coordinating assets across 43 forces.
(3) I believe that truth sets man free.” It was a curious stance for someone who spent many years undercover as a counter-espionage informant, a government propagandist, and unofficial asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
(4) Henderson was given permission to join Fulham when Brendan Rodgers arrived at Anfield in 2012 but has since developed into an important asset for the Liverpool manager, to the extent that the 24-year-old is the leading candidate to succeed Steven Gerrard as club captain when the 34-year-old leaves for LA Galaxy.
(5) Half a million homes were sold in Scotland, we lost a huge, huge chunk of stock, and as house prices began to escalate so any asset to the community has gone.
(6) The Press Association tots up a total of £26bn in asset sales last year – including the state’s Eurostar stake, 30% of the Royal Mail and a slice of Lloyds.
(7) And we will sell those assets that can be managed better by the private sector.
(8) If you get a fit Diaby back, it will be a major asset for our team.
(9) Unfortunately, it probably won’t happen with many countries … But if we can have a great relationship with Russia, and China, and all countries, I’m all for that, that would be a tremendous asset.
(10) Glencore has responded in textbook fashion: it has cut operating costs, sold assets and taken the axe to capital investment.
(11) The reputations of companies linked to fossil fuels are at immediate risk from a fast-growing divestment campaign, one of Europe’s biggest asset managers has warned.
(12) But the full detail of the report and the scale of their assets is striking.
(13) Above all, Addis could help close tax loopholes that allow multinational companies to report profits in tax havens – rather than where their workforces, assets or sales are.
(14) The Ministry of Defence has said it is “planning for a seamless transition of assets”.
(15) The decision to split up News Corp followed the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, which focused the attention of investors on the company's newspaper assets, which are far less profitable than its film and TV businesses.
(16) Declarations are not public and the New York Times said four-fifths of the assets it found were held by relatives not covered by party rules, including his mother and various in-laws.
(17) Work with colleagues to retrieve, centrally store, check permissions and give new life to these assets.
(18) A trained economist, Klatten is Germany's richest woman with assets worth $14.3bn (and 58th richest in the world).
(19) He’s struck a few chords with the immigration stuff, and he’s managed to capture the most valuable asset in a campaign, which is the attention of the press.
(20) Whether divorce interrupts the savings process or destroys assets, it is unlikely that most individuals will be able to save enough in later life to overcome the loss.
Noticeboard
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) At the entrance to Kailash Satyarthi’s nondescript office is a small noticeboard, of the old fashioned type, with white plastic letters pressed into a dark felt background.
(2) Streetbank logo Streetbank is was set up by friends Sam and Ryan as a lending and giving away site and works a little bit like a local noticeboard.
(3) | Rod Bower Read more That includes Gosford Anglican church’s Father Rod Bower , who has courted controversy by using the noticeboard outside his church to call for support for gay marriage.
(4) As late as university in the mid-90s, I was handed a black prospectus, featuring action shots of a Punjabi pointing at a noticeboard (sadly, this was to prove an all-too-accurate guide to student entz).
(5) As well as articles, the magazine served as a noticeboard for feminist events and activism.
(6) At Laluk police station, the faces of missing girls stare out from the noticeboard.
(7) "Long live ETA," scribbled in marker-pen on a noticeboard, is a reminder that these sorts of places were traditional recruiting grounds for the all-but-defeated terrorist group that announced a definitive end to its 40 years of violence last October.
(8) But there is plenty of action nearby: Carvalhal beach is a short drive away, and owner Sara Serrão keeps noticeboards updated with local festivals, activities and events.
(9) To save you the trouble, at this historic juncture, of sending in the query, what is the origin of N&Q?, the answer goes like this: during the interval of a concert at the Royal Festival Hall in 1989, Guardian leader writer David McKie spotted a noticeboard outside the library on which people pinned questions, to which other people then provided answers.
(10) She was so elated to receive her first cheque from Amazon, for $15.75, that she didn't cash it and still has it pinned up on a noticeboard above her desk.
(11) The ability to extract communications from talk channels in games would be necessary, the NSA paper argued, because of the potential for them to be used to communicate anonymously: Second Life was enabling anonymous texts and planning to introduce voice calls, while game noticeboards could, it states, be used to share information on the web addresses of terrorism forums.
(12) "Nothing hangs around our noticeboard that long," one who saw the ad told me.
(13) But instead of trying to draw them away, they try to own the space by having their own presence on both sites , which have become a bit of a hub for school activities and pictures – so more than simply a virtual noticeboard.
(14) The internet has become a noticeboard and recruiting ground for bigots of every type.
(15) Head up on the main track and through the gate, past a noticeboard.
(16) Prominently displayed on a noticeboard are a few thank-you letters from former detainees, detailing their gratitude to Yarl’s Wood employees.
(17) The victims of often violent persecution at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan as well as wider discrimination (in Florida in the 1920s restaurant noticeboards declared "no dogs or Greeks allowed") Greek Americans proudly recount how, almost alone among ethnic minorities, they actively participated in the civil rights movement, their spiritual leader Archbishop Iakovos daring to march alongside Martin Luther King.
(18) That figure on the noticeboard is about to tick over 80,000.
(19) I pinned the words on a piece of paper to my noticeboard, and tried and failed to find the originator of that observation.
(20) Outside the dusty court in Blantyre, southern Malawi , there is a piece of paper pinned to the noticeboard with a list of the day's cases.