: assets of a short-term nature that are readily convertible to cash
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Lenders will look at business assets—especially current assets like cash and accounts receivable—to evaluate what could be recovered in the event of a default.—
Allbusiness,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026 And if current assets churn off a dividend, lawmakers are allowed to set their paydays on autopilot to reinvest in the same firm, growing that footprint.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026 The industry power ranking also charts firms’ annual returns for 2025 and their current assets under management.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
19 Jan. 2026 Working capital is the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities and shows how much the business has available for day-to-day expenses.—
Qiaoyi Li,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for current assets