🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Kurzfristige Vermögenswerte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Kurze fristige Vermögenswerte

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Short-Term Asset/ʃɔrt tɜrm ˈæsɛt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Bargeld und Forderungen sind kurzfristige Vermögenswerte."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An asset that is expected to be converted into cash or used up within one year.

    "Cash and accounts receivable are examples of short-term assets that can quickly be liquidated."
  2. 2

    Financial resources that are readily available for use in the near term.

    "Investors often look at short-term assets to assess a company's liquidity."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'short-term' originates from the combination of 'short', derived from Old English 'sceort', meaning brief or limited in duration, and 'term', from Latin 'terminus', meaning boundary or limit. 'Asset' comes from the Old French 'asez', meaning sufficient or enough, which evolved to denote resources owned by an individual or entity.

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