assets
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Private lenders, on the other hand, typically must sue you in court before they can garnish wages or seize your assets.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026
These assets usually lack market quotes and are difficult to value.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
It can be applied to individual securities, funds and indexes, and other assets, and over all charted time frames.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Little is known about the halted Iranian funds overseas, but such assets are typically held back as a result of U.S.-imposed sanctions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
So if I buy a bar of gold worth £500,1 credit £500 to my current account, and I debit £500 to my list of assets.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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