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assets

[as-ets] / ˈæs ɛts /


asset(s)


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Assets generally receive a step-up in basis if they are included in your taxable estate at your death.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Assets were being seized in Andorra, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain and Switzerland, as well as Italy, police said.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Last week Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control eased sanctions when it issued a new general license to let U.S. persons engage in dollar transactions with some Venezuelan state financial institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The Rich Starry is listed by the United States' Office of Foreign Assets Control as being sanctioned for its ties to Iran.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

When he elbowed his Way into the City, years before, his Assets consisted of a Paper Valise, a few home-laundered Garments and a small Volume telling how to win at Cards.

From Knocking the Neighbors by Ade, George




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