Asset
Anything owned of monetary value including real property, personal property, and enforceable claims against others (including bank accounts, stocks, mutual funds, etc.).
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
asset (noun)1.
a) the property of a deceased person subject by law to the payment of his or her debts and legacies
b) the entire property of a person, association, corporation, or estate applicable or subject to the payment of debts
2.
- advantage resource his wit is his chief asset
3.
a) an item of value owned
b) the items on a balance sheet showing the book value of property owned
4.
something useful in an effort to foil or defeat an enemy as
a) a piece of military equipment
b) - spy
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
asset (noun)1.
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
SYNONYMS:
agent, asset, emissary, intelligencer, mole, operative, spook, undercoverRELATED WORDS:
courier; counterspy, double agent, sleeper; infiltrator, informer, stool pigeon; spymaster, superspy2.
a thing that helps
SYNONYMS:
advantage, aid, asset, benefit, boonRELATED WORDS:
hand, lift, pick-me-up; support, sustenance; blessing, godsend, windfall; recourse, refuge, resort, resourceNEAR ANTONYMS:
constraint, inhibitor, liability, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, strangleholdArray
the total of one's money and property
SYNONYMS:
assets, capital, fortune, means, opulence, riches, substance, wherewithal, worthRELATED WORDS:
belongings, chattels, effects, holdings, paraphernalia, possessions, things; bankroll, deep pockets, finances, funds, money, wallet; abundance, affluence, prosperity, success; treasure, valuables; accession, acquisition, personal property, personalty, property; nest egg, reserve, resources, savings, treasuryNEAR ANTONYMS:
debts, liabilities; indebtedness