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Assets

Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend.

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Amount 76% connected

To go up; to ascend.

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Capital 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the head.

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Credit 76% connected

Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

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Equity 76% connected

Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; f…

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Intangible 76% connected

Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible.

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Investment 76% connected

The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Percentage 76% connected

A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Protection 76% connected

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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Resource 76% connected

That to which one resorts orr on which one depends for supply or support; means of overcoming a difficulty; resort; expedient.

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Security 76% connected

The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

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Share 76% connected

The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare.

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Sum 76% connected

The aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars; the amount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added t…

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Possession 76% connected

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

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