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Resource vs. Asset

Resource and Asset Definitions

Resource

Something that is available for use or that can be used for support or help
The local library is a valuable resource.

Asset

A useful or valuable quality, person, or thing; an advantage or resource
Proved herself an asset to the company.

Resource

Often resources An available supply, especially of money, that can be drawn on when needed.

Asset

A valuable item that is owned.

Resource

The ability to deal with a difficult or troublesome situation effectively; resourcefulness
A person of resource.

Asset

A spy working in their own country and controlled by a foreign power or an enemy.
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Resource

A means that can be used to cope with a difficult situation; an expedient
Needed all my intellectual resources for the exam.

Asset

(Accounting) The entries on a balance sheet showing all properties, both tangible and intangible, and claims against others that may be applied to cover the liabilities of a person or business. Assets can include cash, stock, inventories, property rights, and goodwill.

Resource

Resources The total means available for economic and political development, such as mineral wealth, labor force, and armaments.

Asset

The entire property owned by a person, especially a bankrupt, that can be used to settle debts.

Resource

Resources The total means available to a company for increasing production or profit, including plant, labor, and raw material; assets.

Asset

A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
My assets consist of stocks in companies that pay a dividend, and a few apartments that pay me rental income.
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Resource

Such means considered individually.

Asset

(accounting) Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.

Resource

Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.

Asset

(software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.

Resource

A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
A man or woman of resource

Asset

(espionage) An intelligence asset.
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Resource

Something that can be used to help achieve an aim, especially a book, equipment, etc. that provides information for teachers and students.

Asset

A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.

Resource

(networking) Hardware or software accessible by a computer, network, or another object connected to a computer.

Asset

Any article or separable part of one's assets.

Resource

To supply with resources.

Asset

A useful or valuable quality

Resource

To source anew or differently; to find or provide a new source for.

Resource

That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.
Threat'nings mixed with prayers, his last resource.

Resource

Pecuniary means; funds; money, or any property that can be converted into supplies; available means or capabilities of any kind.
Scotland by no means escaped the fate ordained for every country which is connected, but not incorporated, with another country of greater resources.

Resource

Available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

Resource

A source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed;
The local library is a valuable resource

Resource

The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems;
A man of resource

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