<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a useful and desirable thing or quality: Organizational ability is an asset.</li><li>a single item of ownership having exchange value: Our summer home is an asset we're not willing to sell.</li><li>Digital Technology: one of the media components that, taken together, comprise all of the elements of a video game, such as the environments, objects, character art and animation, and sound design: All of the game assets are downloaded to your hard drive during the install, so slow load times are local and indicate a problem with your drive.</li><li>(in intelligence and information gathering) a person followed or spied upon to obtain information, who may be consenting, forced, or unaware of being used: Compare confidential informant.</li><li>Military: a physical resource, such as a piece of equipment, vehicle, or building.</li></ul>