wasting asset

British  

noun

1. an unreplaceable business asset of limited life, such as a coal mine or an oil well

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Example Sentences

To some degree, American and Israeli air superiority is a wasting asset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Unlike oil and other commodities, timber isn’t a wasting asset, with trees growing about 2.5% a year.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

After all, gala-dinner seats are a wasting asset: If you don’t sell them by the night of the dinner, they’re worthless.

From Slate • May 10, 2018

Mr. Terry said that the Old Post Office’s “historic integrity has been restored, and the wasting asset is now being put to productive use.”

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2017

British Coal Measures are an asset which enables the country to keep industries going, but it is a wasting asset.

From Rebuilding Britain A Survey of Problems of Reconstruction After the World War by Hopkinson, Alfred, Sir