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intangible

 adjective
     
in‧tan‧gi‧ble
1 an intangible quality or feeling is difficult to describe exactly:
The island has an intangible quality of holiness.
2 intangible things have value but do not exist physically - used in business:
intangible assets such as customer goodwill
—intangibly adverb
—intangible noun [countable usually plural]
intangibles like pension schemes and holidays
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