net asset

collocation in English

meaningsofnetandasset

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net
adjective[before or after noun]
uk
/net/
us
/net/
left when there is nothing else to be ...
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asset
noun
uk
/ˈæs.et/
us
/ˈæs.et/
a useful or valuable quality, skill, ...
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(Definition ofnetandassetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnet asset

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In prospect theory, loss delivers this exaggerated sting because losses are measured against the actor's reference point, not the actor'snetassetposition.
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Other, less poor agents wish to borrow against their labor income initially and, by the time they are middle-aged, have a positivenetassetposition.
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They find that investors overlook thenetassetposition of pension funds and instead focus on pension earnings to determine stock prices.
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Derivatives are regarded as foreign property but have anetassetvalue of zero because they are promises to purchase foreign assets some time in the future.
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Any arbitrage trading will hurt the performance of the fund by redeeming assets at above their market value or selling new shares below theirnetassetvalue.
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There is therefore a fixed relationship between thenetassetvalue and the price at which the unit is redeemed, bought or sold.
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Despite the remaining medium-term debt, our totalnetassetposition abroad on public and private sector account combined is better than it was in 1964.
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Netassetvalue was only one of the factors considered in determining the purchase price.
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Thenetassetvalue of the authority's land and buildings is shown in its published annual accounts.
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I have seen calculations that already suggest that ournetassetposition overseas is negative.
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Thenetassetvalue of the water authorities' land and buildings is shown in their published annual accounts.
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I should like to say a word or two about thenetassetvalue because there is a certain amount of misunderstanding about this point.
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The electricity supply, gas and water industries account for about four fifths of nationalised industry aggregate current costnetassetvalues.
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The valuation today is £190 million, which is substantially lower than thenetassetvalue.
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That is thenetassetvalue, using current cost accounting.
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It is that there should not be a large or unpredictable divergence between the stock market price andnetassetvalue or exchange price.
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I think that it equates to 1p for thenetassetvalue of the company that owns it.
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In other words, the decline in ournetassetposition will exceed our reserves.
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That is the importance of the judgments made about thenetassetvalue of the companies and the price that is arrived at.
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They will not purport to show thenetassetvalue of the company, which is not the purpose of trading accounts.
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