Definition of Intangible

1. Noun. Assets that are saleable though not material or physical.

Exact synonyms: Intangible Asset
Generic synonyms: Assets
Specialized synonyms: Good Will, Goodwill

2. Adjective. (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value. "Intangible assets such as good will"
Category relationships: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Derivative terms: Intangibleness
Antonyms: Tangible

3. Adjective. Incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch. "The intangible constituent of energy"
Exact synonyms: Impalpable
Also: Abstract
Derivative terms: Impalpability, Intangibility, Intangibleness
Antonyms: Tangible

4. Adjective. Hard to pin down or identify. "An intangible feeling of impending disaster"
Similar to: Unidentifiable
Derivative terms: Intangibleness

5. Adjective. Lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen. "That intangible thing--the soul"
Exact synonyms: Nonphysical
Similar to: Immaterial, Nonmaterial
Derivative terms: Intangibility, Intangibleness

Definition of Intangible

1. a. Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible.

Definition of Intangible

1. Adjective. incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal ¹

2. Noun. Anything intangible ¹

3. Noun. (legal) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intangible

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intangible

intails
intake
intake manifold
intake manifolds
intake silencer
intake system
intake valve
intaken
intaker
intakes
intaking
intalk
intaminated
intangibilities
intangibility
intangible (current term)
intangibleness
intangibles
intangibly
intangle
intangled
intangles
intangling
intarsia
intarsias
intarweb
intastable
intefadah
intefadahs

Literary usage of Intangible

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax ...by Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing by Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing (2001)
"Chapter VI Special Considerations for intangible Property A. Introduction 6.1 This Chapter discusses special considerations that arise in seeking to ..."

2. A Treatise on the Power of Taxation, State and Federal, in the United States by Frederick Newton Judson (1903)
"intangible property of corporation properly considered in valuation. "But this contention practically ignores the existence of intangible property, ..."

3. The Constitutional Law of the United States by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1910)
"Taxation of intangible Personal Property. Whereas, with reference to the taxation of tangible personal property, the practice has been to determine its ..."

4. Accounting Theory and Practice by Roy Bernard Kester (1918)
"Because the assets of this group are intangible is no reason in itself for the ... Therefore, the values at which these intangible assets are carried on the ..."

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