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intangible asset

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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.


Intangible asset
A 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 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.

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