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A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.

My assets consist of stocks in companies that pay a dividend, and a few apartments that pay me rental income.
Origin: , from , from . Compare. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “ID 2065 | Spanien 🇪🇸 | 52.000.000 € Hotel en Madrid, institutionelles Asset, 52M€, strikt off-market. Zugang zu Core-Hoteldeals? 👉 Jetzt bei E1 Plus registrieren. #International #E1Plus #Hotel #España #Madrid #OffMarket #Inversión”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Cursor is raising $2B+ at $50B — four years old, returning investors, enterprise growth surging. Five days later, SpaceX locked in a $60B acquisition option. The $50B valuation isn't about the model. It's about enterprise distribution compounding into an acquirable asset.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “£5 MILLION REASONS TO STOP THIS TREASONOUS FRAUD AND RUSSIAN ASSET? 👎ABSOLUTELY FCUK THIS 🤡 👇”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I tried to read music again recently! Still struggling terribly! It is such an asset to be able to read music though!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Three converging trends — asset tokenization, AI commoditization & sub-cent payment rails — present both opportunity and existential threat for $GOOG. New analysis on what Alphabet must face. https://post.kapualabs.com/22re7buc #Blockchain #AI”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

(software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.

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"asset" means: Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.

For ESL learners

"asset" means: Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.

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#3·Apr 26, 2026

(espionage) An intelligence asset.

: And when I look at this country’s incredible assets. Our scientists, our engineers, our world-leading universities, our armed forces. When I look at the potential of this country waiting to be unleashed, I know that we can turn this op…
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  • “This is significant. Galaxy and State Street launching a tokenized fund on Solana signals growing institutional comfort with the network. The tokenized asset space is maturing beyond just Bitcoin and Ethereum.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “A russian asset........wake up MAGA 🙄”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Jinfeng Pan, Jiahao Chen: SBCA: Cross-Modal BERT-driven Actor-Critic for Multi-Asset Portfolio Optimization https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.01384 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.01384 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.01384”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “➤ The deal reinforces SC Ventures' focus on building institutional ecosystems for deeper liquidity and resilient market activity in the digital asset space.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Herzog: Torah and science integration a ‘tremendous asset’ for Israel – Israel & Jewish News https://www.europesays.com/iran/98327/ ( May 5, 2026 / JNS ) Israeli President Isaac Herzog last week visited the Jerusalem College of…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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