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Financial Dictionary

Intangible Asset

An asset that is not physical in nature.

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Examples are things like copyrights, patents, intellectual property, and goodwill. These are the opposite of tangible assets.

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See also: Alternative Asset, Asset, Tangible Asset

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Financial Dictionary

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.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: intangible asset
see ASSET 2
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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