🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

Actifs appartenant à l'État

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Aktif appartenant à l'État

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
State-Owned Assets/steɪt oʊnd ˈæsɛts/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le gouvernement a décidé de vendre certains actifs appartenant à l'État."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Assets that are owned and managed by a government or state entity.

    "The government decided to sell some state-owned assets to reduce its debt."
  2. 2

    Resources or properties that are utilized for public benefit and are under the control of the state.

    "State-owned assets include public transportation systems and utilities."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'state-owned assets' combines 'state,' derived from Old English 'stæt' meaning 'condition or position,' and 'owned,' from the Old English 'ānan,' meaning 'to possess.' 'Assets' comes from the Latin 'assētus,' meaning 'to be sufficient.' The phrase evolved in the context of economic and political discourse, particularly in the 20th century, to describe properties or resources owned by a government.

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