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tangible meaning

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  • Adjective: tangible  tanjubul
    1. Perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch
      "skin with a tangible roughness"
      - touchable 
    2. Capable of being treated as fact
      "tangible evidence"
      - real 
    3. (of especially business assets) having physical substance and intrinsic monetary value
      "tangible property like real estate"; "tangible assets such as machinery" 
    4. Capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt
      - palpable

    See also: concrete, perceptible, real, realisable [Brit], realizable, tactile, tactual, tangibleness, tangibly

    Antonym: intangible

    Encyclopedia: Tangible


  • [Business]
    adjective, noun

    adjective [usually before noun]

    1

    that can be clearly seen to exist:

    These figures provide tangible proof that the economy is recovering.

    We want tangible results.

    tangible benefits/effects/improvements/progress/results tangible evidence/proof/signs

    2

    that you can touch and feel:

    Prices of tangible goods are rising faster than services.

    OPP INTANGIBLE

    tangibly // adverb:

    Employees who were responsible for the growth of the business have been tangibly rewarded.

    noun

    1 [C]

    a thing that exists physically and is not just an idea

    2 (Accounting ; Finance ) [C] = TANGIBLE ASSET

    3 (Finance ) tangibles [pl.]

    physical things that you can invest in, rather than financial investments:

    There can be many problems in investing in tangibles like antiques.

    OPP INTANGIBLE

Examples

  • For we had tangible reasons to take the threat seriously.
  • It is the only tangible object the astronomer can handle.
  • He had an eager inward life with little enjoyment of tangible things.
  • It is the best term those trained in tangibles can find for a broken heart.
  • Both forms are readily gasified by electrical discharge without leaving any tangible residue.
  • He had demonstrated to all those obsessed with the tangible the transcendence of visionary.
  • For those who do invest their savings it would normally be in the form of something tangible.
  • Language is a storehouse of sound images, and writing is tangible form of those images.
  • It is nothing more tangible than a book keeping entry in the accounts of an established bank.
  • These persons tend to look for a higher return, in less tangible savings such as bonds and debentures.
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