external assets

collocation in English

meaningsofexternalandasset

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external
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us
/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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asset
noun
uk
/ˈæs.et/us
/ˈæs.et/
a useful or valuable quality, skill, ...
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(Definition ofexternalandassetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Therefore, a transparent selection ofexternalassetmanagers is imperative.
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Nevertheless, we find governance issues for the selection ofexternalassetmanagers.
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However, economic and external assets could not save regimes that were entirely divorced from a social base.
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A country or regional breakdown is not available for other components of external assets and liabilities.
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That simple calculation is arrived at by taking our external assets and liabilities and dividing them by the total population.
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What they should know is that the latest available figures indicate that our external assets exceed external liabilities by about £1·8 billion.
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It contributed in both ways to the fourfold improvement in the nation's net external assets from £10 billion in 1978 to £42 billion in 1982.
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Of the £21,000 million of external assets, some £11,000 million was made up of private investment abroad.
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At the end of last year our net external assets exceeded liabilities by almost £2,000 million, due to the steady increase in the value of net long-term assets.
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The net external assets of this country have been diminished, from £17.7 billion at the end of 1994 to £8.2 billion in the first quarter of this year.
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Gross national product, at factor cost, in 1971 was £48,216 million; it is not meaningful to express the total value of external assets as a percentage of the gross national product.
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