| 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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