Fill in the blank (business vocabulary: being valuable to a firm) “The stenographer is very efficient. He is ______ to his firm.” Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

Given data

• An efficient stenographer is being described as valuable to the firm.

Concept/Approach
In business English, a highly valuable person is called an asset to the organization.

Option analysis
an asset — correct idiom: “an asset to his firm.”a liability — opposite meaning (a burden).an assistant — denotes a role, not value.a debtor — unrelated to efficiency.

Final Answer
an asset