different between asset vs assot

English

Etymology

Back-formation from assets, from Anglo-Norman asetz, from Old French assez (“enough”). Compare Middle English asseth.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æs?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æs?t/, /?æs?t/

Noun

asset (plural assets)

1. Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.

   These shares are a valuable asset.

   • January 31 2020, Boris Johnson, Brexit Day speech

     And when I look at this country’s incredible assets. Our scientists, our engineers, our world-leading universities, our armed forces. When I look at the potential of this country waiting to be unleashed, I know that we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success.

2. (software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
3. (espionage) An intelligence asset.
4. (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
   • 2009, Kaitlynn Maguire and Margaret Tingley, Serendipitous Moments of Female Sensuality, p. 27:

     Perhaps it is simply common for wives to want their female friends to see their husband nude – especially if he has nice assets. Honestly, I also wanted to see the dick of Brian and Andrew.

   • 2009, Cheyenne McCray, The First Sin: A Lexi Steele Novel, p. 189:

     “Slave Alexi has nice assets.”

Antonyms

• liability

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• asset-backed
• cultural asset

Translations

See also

• ownership equity

Anagrams

• SEATs, SESTA, Seats, TASes, TESSA, Tessa, easts, sates, satés, seats, setas, tases, tasse

Danish

Noun

asset n

1. singular definite of as

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English asset.

Noun

asset m (invariable)

1. asset (economic)

Anagrams

• sesta
• stesa
• tasse
• tessa

Latin

Verb

asset

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of ass?

Swedish

Noun

asset

1. definite singular of ass

Anagrams

• asets, etsas, tasse

English

Etymology

From Middle English asoten, assoten, from Old French asoter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?t/

Adjective

assot (comparative more assot, superlative most assot)

1. (obsolete) dazed; foolish; infatuated

   • Willy, I ween thou be assot.

Verb

assot (third-person singular simple present assots, present participle assotting, simple past and past participle assotted or assot)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To besot; to befool; to infatuate.

Anagrams

• Satos, Tsaos, oasts, stoas, tasso, tosas

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (as-saw?), attested from the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

assot m (plural assots)

1. whip, scourge

   Synonyms: fuet, flagell

2. flogging

Derived terms

• assotar

References

Further reading

• “assot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “assot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “assot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.