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Chattel vs Asset - What's the difference?

chattel | asset |

As nouns the difference between chattel and asset

is that chattel is tangible, movable property while asset is .

chattel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Tangible, movable property.
  • * 1990 , , Good Omens , Corgi, p.387
    • … although of course the firm had changed hands many times over the centuries, […] But the box has always been part of the chattels , as it were.
  • A slave.

    • Related terms

    * capital * cattle

    See also

    * kith and kine

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    asset

    English

    (wikipedia asset)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered.
    • These shares are a valuable asset .
  • (software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
  • (espionage) intelligence asset

    • Antonyms

    * liability

    Derived terms

    () * capital asset * current asset * fixed asset * tangible asset * intangible asset * physical asset * financial asset * asset class * intelligence asset

    Related terms

    () * ownership equity

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