tangible property

collocation in English

meaningsoftangibleandproperty

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tangible
adjective
uk
/ˈtæn.dʒə.bəl/us
/ˈtæn.dʒə.bəl/
real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, ...
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property
noun
uk
/ˈprɒp.ə.ti/us
/ˈprɑː.pɚ.t̬i/
an object or objects that belong ...
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(Definition oftangibleandpropertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftangible property

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Another distinction betweentangiblepropertyand intangible property is supply.
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Society establishes laws to protect people'stangiblepropertyfrom others.
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But there will clearly be times whentangiblepropertymay benefit the community in a way that money will not.
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Intangible property is used in distinction totangibleproperty.
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Not only have we now more house owners, but also many more people owningtangiblepropertyof various kinds.
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Therefore, a wide range of chattels, moveable andtangibleproperty, will be debated at this hour of the morning.
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In the case oftangibleproperty, the penalty applies to "so much of any such consideration as represents more than a reasonable commercial consideration".
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It is not; it is a question of the disallowance of loan interest and disallowance of deductions for property other thantangibleproperty.
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The realisation of confiscation orders is often necessarily a lengthy and complex process, involving for example the realisation oftangibleproperty.
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Perfection can also be obtained by possession of the collateral, if the collateral istangibleproperty.
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The following characteristics may be found in virtual resources in mimicry oftangibleproperty.
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Similarly, the concept of property expanded from protecting onlytangiblepropertyto intangible property.
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A rental agreement is a lease in which the asset istangibleproperty.
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I find that a very strange and unconvincing distinction to draw between copyright on the one hand, and other forms oftangiblepropertyon the other.
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The narrower term rental agreement can be used to describe a lease in which the asset istangibleproperty.
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However, the intangible property forms a set of rights separate from thetangiblepropertythat carries the rights.
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Under this system, the capitalized cost (basis) oftangiblepropertyis recovered over a specified life by annual deductions for depreciation.
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Reputation and fame can be a capital asset that one nurtures and may choose to exploit and it may have a value much greater than anytangibleproperty.
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Some libertarian critics of intellectual property have argued that allowing property rights in ideas and information creates artificial scarcity and infringes on the right to owntangibleproperty.
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However, for non-hybrid biotech crops, such as transgenic soybeans, seed companies use intellectual property law andtangiblepropertycommon law, each expressed in contracts, to forbid farmers from saving seed.
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