Not tangible; incapable of being touched; not perceptible to the touch; impalpable; imperceptible.
Property or belongings which cannot be touched or seen, but which have value e.g. goodwill in a business.
Something that cannot be perceived by the senses. Accountants and financial types only grudgingly concede that some intangibles have value, and they find it in things like brand names and patents. Because you can't immediately sense a person's capability, a customer's loyalty, or a relationship with a supplier, accountants say these things have to value.
lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen
assets that are saleable though not material or physical
(of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value; "intangible assets such as good will"
incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch; "the intangible constituent of energy"- James Jeans
in a selling context this describes, or is, an aspect of the product or service offering that has a value but is difficult to see or quantify (for instance, peace-of-mind, reliability, consistency). See tangible.
Incapable of being touched. Intangible assets include trademarks, copyrights, patents, design rights, proprietary expertise, databases, etc. Intangible brand attributes are brand names, logos, graphics, colors, shapes and smells. (See Service Brand.)
asset An asset in thin air that someone thinks is valuable. Typically this could be a brand name, the rights to a process, patents or copyright. Often nowadays referred to as intellectual property rights.
Incorporeal; something that does not have material or physical existence. An example is an asset such as the goodwill of a business as compared with the stock-in-trade.
1. Something that cannot be touched. 2. That which cannot be easily defined, grasped or formulated. 3. Without material body or substance.