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Assemblies of God USA
The Assemblies of God USA is a Trinitarian Pentecostal denomination organized at Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1914, with about 13,000 US churches and 3 million adherents.
Assembly at Huangchi
The Assembly at Huangchi (黄池之会) was a 482 BC covenant assembly at Huangchi, Henan, where Fu Cha of Wu contested Jin Dinggong for covenant leadership.
Assembly at Kannauj
The Assembly at Kannauj (कन्नौज महासभा) was a great religious assembly convened by Emperor Harsha at his capital Kannauj around 643 in honor of the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang.
Assembly of Experts (مجلس خبرگان رهبری)
Assembly of Experts (Majles-e Khobregan-e Rahbari), Iran's 88-member elected clerical body that appoints and may dismiss the supreme leader under Articles 107 and 111; Guardian Council vets candidates; chose Khamenei in 1989 and Mojtaba Khamenei in 2026.
Assembly of People of Kazakhstan
The Assembly of People of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан халқы Ассамблеясы) is a state consultative institution created in 1995 on Nursultan Nazarbayev's initiative, uniting representatives of 100 ethnic groups to promote public accord and national unity.
Assembly of Russian Factory Workers
The Assembly of Russian Factory Workers (Собрание русских фабрично-заводских рабочих) was a police-sponsored legal workers' society in St. Petersburg, led by the priest Georgy Gapon from 1903 to 1905.
Assembly of the African Union
The Assembly of the African Union, or Assembly of Heads of State and Government, is the AU's supreme decision-making organ of all 55 member states' leaders. It meets annually in Addis Ababa, decides by consensus or two-thirds vote, and elects the annual AU Chairperson, currently Burundi's Évariste Ndayishimiye for 2026.
Assembly of the Poor
The Assembly of the Poor (Thai: Samacha Khon Jon) is a Thai poor people's and peasant movement founded at Thammasat University, Bangkok, in 1995, best known for its 99-day protest before Government House in 1997.
Assembly of the Republic (Portugal)
Assembly of the Republic (Assembleia da República), Portugal's unicameral 230-member parliament elected by universal suffrage at home and abroad; created by the 1976 Constitution, seat of legislative power and government oversight.
Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia
The Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, known as the Sobranie, was the legislature of Macedonia as a federal unit of Yugoslavia from 1944 until 1990.
Assembly of the Year XIII
The Assembly of the Year XIII (Asamblea del Año XIII) was a constituent congress of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata that met in Buenos Aires from 1813.
Assembly of Vlorë
The Assembly of Vlorë (Kuvendi i Vlorës), also called the National Assembly of Vlorë, declared Albania's independence from the Ottoman Empire in Vlorë on 28 November 1912.
Asser
Asser (died 908 or 909) was a Welsh clergyman from St David's who joined King Alfred's court, taught him Latin, and became bishop of Sherborne.
Assessment center
An assessment center is a standardized personnel evaluation method in which multiple trained assessors rate candidates across simulated job exercises, used worldwide for selection, promotion, and development.
Assessoria
Assessoria, the Crown Assessor's Court, was a central court of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth serving as the appellate court of last instance in cases brought against royal cities.
Asset
An asset, in financial accounting, is a present economic resource controlled by an entity as a result of past events, with the potential to produce economic benefits.
Asset allocation
Asset allocation is the choice of what mix of stocks, bonds, and cash to hold in a portfolio; research finds it explains about 90% of a fund's return variability over time.
Asset management
Asset management is the business of managing investment portfolios and other assets on behalf of clients, mainly institutions and wealthy individuals, for a fee based on assets under management.
Asset Management Company (venture capital firm)
Asset Management Company is a venture capital firm founded in Palo Alto, California, in 1965 by Franklin "Pitch" Johnson, an early investor in Amgen and Tandem Computers.
Asset Manager Code
The Asset Manager Code of Professional Conduct is a voluntary ethics code published by CFA Institute in 2005 for investment firms managing client assets, with a second edition in 2009 and 2010.
Asset retirement obligation
An asset retirement obligation (ARO) is a legal liability to retire a long-lived asset, like plugging an oil well or decommissioning a nuclear plant, recorded at fair value.
Asset turnover
Asset turnover is a financial ratio measuring how efficiently a company uses its assets to generate revenue, computed as net sales divided by average total assets over a period.
Asset-backed security
An asset-backed security (ABS) is a fixed-income security serviced by cash flows from a pool of assets like auto loans, credit card receivables, or student loans.
Asset-liability management
Asset-liability management (ALM) is the practice of managing a financial institution's assets and liabilities together, so cash flows stay matched as interest rates and liquidity move.
Assets under management
Assets under management (AUM), also known as funds under management, is the total market value of investments a financial institution manages on behalf of its clients, the basis for most management fees.
AssetWatch
AssetWatch, formerly Nikola Labs, is a Westerville, Ohio company founded in 2014 that sells AI-powered sensors and analyst review to catch factory equipment problems before machines fail.
Asshole
Asshole (British arsehole) is a vulgar English word for the anus and, since the mid-20th century, a common insult for a contemptible person; Middle English arshole, analyzed by Nunberg's Ascent of the A-Word.
Assicurazioni Generali
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., known as the Generali Group, is an Italian insurance group founded in Trieste in 1831, serving 75 million customers with more than 88 thousand employees.
Assignation Bank
The Assignation Bank (Ассигнационный банк) was the state bank of the Russian Empire, founded by Catherine II in 1769 to issue the assignats, Russia's first paper money.
Assignment (law)
Assignment (law): transfer by an assignor of rights, property, or benefits to an assignee in contract and property law; distinct from delegation of duties and from novation, which requires all parties' consent.