different between assets vs returns

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t??nz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???t?nz/
• Rhymes: -??(?)nz
• Hyphenation: re?turns

Noun

returns

1. plural of return

Noun

returns

1. (plural only) Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
2. A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
3. (law) The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
4. (military) The return of the soldiers fit for duty.

Translations

Verb

returns

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of return

See also

• many happy returns

Anagrams

• Turners, turners