■ noun
1》 a useful or valuable thing or person.
2》 ( ~s ) property owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and being available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies.
Origin
C16 (in the plural in the sense 'sufficient estate to allow discharge of a will'): from Anglo-Norman Fr., from OFr. asez 'enough', based on L. ad 'to' + satis 'enough'.