ASSET

[noun] [C] - a useful or valuable quality, skill or person, or a part of the usually valuable property of a person or organization which can be used for the payment of debtsHis eyes are his best asset (= most attractive feature).I am confident that I will be a tremendous asset to your company.A company's assets can consist of cash, investments, buildings, machinery, specialist knowledge or copyright material such as music or computer software.Compare liabilities at liable.Liquid assets are money, or things which can easily be changed into money.(disapproving) Asset-stripping involves buying an unsuccessful company cheaply, selling its assets separately at a profit, and then sometimes closing it down.These so-called investors are just asset-strippers who believe the company is worth more dead than alive.