government assets

Public sector holdings

Government assets are resources owned by a government entity—buildings, land, vehicles, equipment, infrastructure, and financial holdings.

The term appears in discussions of public accounting, privatization debates, and fiscal policy: The city sold government assets to close its budget gap.

Assets may be physical or intangible, including intellectual property and data systems.

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currency reserves · highways · patents · treasury bonds · forests · vehicles · copyrights · railways · monuments · public pensions · rivers · tax revenues · wildlife sanctuaries · agricultural land · water supply systems · public land · national parks · hospitals

Opposites
ownership

government assetsprivate property

Individually owned assets

corporate assets · personal property · commercial property · private wealth · business assets

financial position

government assetspublic debt

State's accumulated financial obligations

national debt · government debt · sovereign debt

Family

government, governments, governmental, govern, governs, governed, governing, governor, governors

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