HOW TO PRONOUNCE
assets
/ˈæˌsɛts/
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Stress “as” and keep the final “ts” together.
Keep the first short a strongest and finish with t followed by s, without inserting another vowel.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The list records the organization's assets.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does assets mean?
noun
- plural of asset
- Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
- The left side of a balance sheet.
More meanings (3)
noun
- Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
- Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
- (slang, vulgar) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæˌsɛts/
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These assets shall be earmarked by national central banks in accordance with guidelines to be established by the Governing Council.
Capital investment consists largely of residential housing, not productive assets that would enable local Palestinian firms to compete with Israeli industry.
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His total assets when he came to us were a pair of raggedy white breeches, very baggy, and an old mesh undershirt, ditto ditto.
In fact, there are fairly credible rumours that the German directors were willing to dispose of their assets to the Allies while they remained intact.
If his opponent handles it successfully Gobert is apt to slow it up and hit it soft, thus throwing away one of the greatest assets.