different between assets vs mystique

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æsets/

Noun

assets

1. plural of asset

Noun

assets pl (normally plural, singular asset)

1. (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.

   His assets are much greater than his liabilities.

2. (accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.

   The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet.

3. (law) 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.
4. Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
5. (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.

Translations

Anagrams

• TESSAs, stases, tasses

Danish

Noun

assets n

1. definite genitive singular of as

Swedish

Noun

assets

1. definite genitive singular of ass

English

Etymology

From French mystique (“a mystic”), from Latin mysticus. See also the doublet mystic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??sti?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

mystique (usually uncountable, plural mystiques)

1. An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.

Further reading

• mystique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mystique”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Etymology

Latin mysticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mis.tik/

Noun

mystique f (plural mystiques)

1. mystic, one who practices mysticism

Adjective

mystique (plural mystiques)

1. mystic, mystical

Further reading

• “mystique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).