working asset

noun

: an asset other than a capital asset

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But while both firms used millions of dollars in federal loan guarantees to expand their businesses, Beacon Power -- which Spectrum profiled this summer -- has working assets and a good shot at restructuring and carrying on. IEEE Spectrum, 2 Nov. 2011

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First Known Use

circa 1914, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of working asset was circa 1914

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“Working asset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working%20asset. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.

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