business assets
Firm's owned resources
Business assets are resources owned by a company that have economic value—cash, equipment, inventory, real estate, intellectual property, accounts receivable.
Assets appear on balance sheets and can be liquidated to pay debts.
The company's business assets were seized by creditors.
The term distinguishes commercial holdings from personal property: He kept his business assets separate from his family home.
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- cashReady spending funds
- working capitalAssets minus current liabilities
- trade secretsProtected commercial knowledge
stocks · buildings · brand equity · brand recognition · goodwill · trademarks · copyrights · bonds · vehicles · company cars · domain names · software licenses · mutual funds · land · savings accounts · inventory · accounts receivable · certificates of deposit
- assetsproperty, cash, money, investments, bank accounts
- Marital Assetsmarital home, community property, joint tenancy, equity, mortgage
- business lawcommercial law, corporation, commercial code, S corp, corporate law
- propertyproperty, land, ownership, house, home
- estate taxesestate tax, inheritance tax, death tax, death duty, death duties
- marital propertymarital property, community property, separate property, joint property, prenuptial agreements
business assetsliabilities
Amounts owed to others
debts · corporate debt · accounts payable · obligations · financial obligations
business assetsbusiness losses
Negative corporate earnings
money pits · cost centers · sunk costs · write-offs · impairments
business assetsburdens
Weighty obligations borne
encumbrances · drains · losses · deficits · shortfalls
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