ADJ
- big, considerable, great, important, invaluable, precious, priceless, real, tremendous, useful, valuable
- The teachers are the school's biggest asset
- best, main, major, principal, prize
- cultural
- The tourist industry requires that the country's cultural assets be made more accessible
- natural
- Bow windows are a natural asset to any room and should be highlighted
PREP
- ~ to
- She will be an asset to any school she attends
ADJ
- combined, total
- gross
- net
- The company's net assets are worth millions
- business, company, corporate
- commercial, financial
- current, disposable, liquid
- Liquid assets can be sold more quickly
- capital, fixed, non-cash, non-monetary, physical, property
- tangible
- intangible
- depreciable, wasting
- hidden
- They have hidden assets in banks around the world
- foreign, overseas
- personal
- national, public, state
VERB + ASSET
- have, hold, own, possess
- assets held by the company in Asia
- transfer
- He transferred all his assets into his wife's name
- accumulate, acquire, buy
- dispose of, realize, sell
- The business disposed of all its capital assets
- increase, reduce
- The company has increased its UK assets
- freeze
- The courts can order a company's assets to be frozen
- release, unfreeze
ASSET + VERB
- appreciate, grow
- Net assets have grown to $169 million
- decline, depreciate, dwindle
ASSET + NOUN
- value
- management
- sale
- stripping
- measures to prevent asset stripping
