1530s, "sufficient estate," from Anglo-French asetz (singular), from Old French assez (11c.) "sufficiency, satisfaction; compensation," noun use of adverb meaning "enough, sufficiently; very much, a great deal," from Vulgar Latin *ad satis "to sufficiency," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + satis "enough" (see sad).
Beginning as a legal term, "sufficient estate" (to satisfy debts and legacies), it passed into general use; meaning "any property that theoretically can be converted to ready money" is from 1580s. Asset is a 19c. artificial singular. Asset stripping attested from 1972.
雙語例句
1. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
他說根據這些法規，賴斯先生的資產可能已經被凍結了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.
巴西稱其憲法禁止個人占有能源資產。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They must prove they own ￡250,000 of realisable assets.
他們必須證明擁有25萬英鎊的可變現財產。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The company lists its current assets at $56.9 million.
該公司列明其流動資產為5,690萬美元。
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5. The company closed down operations and began liquidating its assets in January.