"an intangible asset" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used in the context of accounting or business to refer to assets that do not have a physical form, such as patents, copyrights, or trademarks. Example: "The company's most valuable assets were not their physical properties, but rather their intangible assets, including their brand reputation and proprietary technology."
An asset resulting from research is not recognized as an intangible asset but rather as an expense if there are costs applied to research.
UBS said it was carrying the PaineWebber brand on its balance sheet as an intangible asset worth $770 million.
Yet United, which filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday, has an intangible asset as it struggles to ride out the crisis: the loyalty of its longtime business customers.
And it allowed underfinanced plans to show an intangible asset -- G.M.'s is now $6.2 billion -- that made a bad situation look better than it was.
Such premiums are normally viewed as a cost of doing business, but Alliance considers them to be an intangible asset, which it amortizes over time.
Good will is an intangible asset -- the difference between the price a company pays to buy another and the value of the target's assets at the time of the purchase.
She gets an additional minimum of $2 million a year under an "intangible assets license agreement," which gives the company the rights to "Martha Stewart's lifestyle and the public perception of Martha Stewart's lifestyle," including such details as how she arranges her outdoor furniture.
There is also an important intangible asset, particularly for a rapper: the bragging rights that Mr. Carter has enjoyed as a part-owner since Mr. Ratner's group paid $300 million to acquire the Nets.
This perceptual representation of a company is the consequence of a company's past management actions and behavior, and works as a valuable, intangible asset and a competitive advantage for a company (Chun 2005; Fisher-Buttinger and Vallaster 2011; Gibson et al. 2006; Melo and Garrido-Morgado 2012).
The domain name was recognized as a purchased intangible asset with a useful life of 20 years.
From the resource based view of these case studies, marketing strategy is an important intangible asset that has psychological and financial value to the firm (Kotler et al. 2007), alongside other significant factors such as organisation, financial, supply chain, and others.
