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intangible asset
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | intangible asset - assets that are saleable though not material or physicalintangibleassets - anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or companygoodwill, good will - (accounting) an intangible asset valued according to the advantage or reputation a business has acquired (over and above its tangible assets) |
LegalSeeIntangiblesintangible asset
Intangible assetA legal claim to some future benefit, typically a claim to future cash. Goodwill, intellectual property, patents, copyrights, and trademarks are examples of intangible assets.Intangible AssetIn accounting, any asset that cannot be seen or touched. Intangible assets include things like patents and brand recognition, which add value to a company, but are difficult to price. Intangible assets explicitly do not include actual things, such as widgets, a widget factory, or the land upon which the widget factory is built. Because of the difficulty in pricing, intangible assets are sometimes not included in a company's valuation. However, not including them may not express the company's true value. See also: Tangible assets.intangible asset An asset such as a patent, goodwill, or a mining claim that has no physical properties. Since intangible assets are often difficult to value accurately, such assets when included on a corporate balance sheet may have a true value significantly different from the dollar amounts indicated there. Compare tangible asset.intangible asset
Synonyms for intangible assetnoun assets that are saleable though not material or physicalSynonymsRelated Words |