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The Meaning of assets
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(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.
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(n. pl.) Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts.
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(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.
Rhymes
baronets
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begets
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bets
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betts
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betz
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bretts
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bretz
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brevets
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brunettes
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cabernets
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cassettes
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cigarettes
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corvettes
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debts
,
diskettes
,
duets
,
fettes
,
fetz
,
forgets
,
gets
,
getts
,
getz
,
goetz
,
greitz
,
gretz
,
hetz
,
jets
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ketz
,
kmetz
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kretz
,
kuznets
,
lets
,
letts
,
letz
,
mets
,
metz
,
minarets
,
nets
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netz
,
nonjets
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pets
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petz
,
pipettes
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pirouettes
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pletz
,
quetsch
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regrets
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resets
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retz
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rockettes
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rosettes
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sets
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soviets
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stetz
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suffragettes
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sweats
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upsets
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vets
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vignettes
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wetz