ADJECTIVE | all | intangible | (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value |
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all | intangible, impalpable | incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch | |
all | intangible | hard to pin down or identify | |
all | intangible, nonphysical | lacking substance or reality | |
NOUN | possession | intangible, intangible asset | assets that are saleable though not material or physical |
Sounds | ihntae'njhahbahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value. | |
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Example | "intangible assets such as good will" | |
Category | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
Opposite | tangible | (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value |
Spanish | intangible | |
Catalan | intangible | |
Nouns | intangibleness | the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch |
Meaning | Incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch. | |
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Example | "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans | |
Synonym | impalpable | |
See also | abstract | Existing only in the mind |
Opposite | tangible, touchable | perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch |
Spanish | impalpable, intangible | |
Catalan | intangible | |
Nouns | intangibility, intangibleness | the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch |
Meaning | Hard to pin down or identify. | |
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Example | "an intangible feeling of impending disaster" | |
Broader | unidentifiable | impossible to identify |
Spanish | elusivo, intangible | |
Catalan | intangible | |
Nouns | intangibleness | the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch |
Meaning | lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen. | |
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Example | "that intangible thing--the soul" | |
Synonym | nonphysical | |
Broader | immaterial, nonmaterial | not consisting of matter |
Spanish | insustancial, intangible | |
Catalan | intangible | |
Nouns | intangibility, intangibleness | the quality of being intangible and not perceptible by touch |
Meaning | assets that are saleable though not material or physical. | |
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Synonym | intangible asset | |
Narrower | good will, goodwill | (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets) |
Broader | assets | Anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company |
Spanish | activo inmaterial, activo intangible, intangible | |
Catalan | actiu immaterial, actiu intangible, intangible |
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