asset account
Definition
The net value held by a business of such things as liquid funds, investments, accounts receivable, unsold inventory, real estate, machinery and valuable intangibles. Each of those item categories can be summed up for a business to create its own asset account. Current asset accounts contain assets held for less than one year, while long term asset accounts contain those held for more than one year.
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