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   property

   /ˈprɒpəti/

   noun

   • 1. a thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively: "she wanted Oliver and his property out of her flat" Similar possessionsbelongingsthingsgoodsworldly goodseffectspersonal effectsstuffchattelsmovablesresourcesassetsvaluablesfortunecapitalricheswealthholdingssecuritiespatrimonypersonaltygoods and chattelsinformal:geartrek
   • ▪ a building or buildings and the land belonging to it or them: "he's expanding now, buying property" Similar building(s)premiseshouse(s)landestatesacresacreagefreeholdleaseholdreal propertyrealtyreal estate
   • ▪ shares or investments in property: "properties ran into profit-taking, with Haslemere 176p"
   • ▪ the right to the possession, use, or disposal of something; ownership: "rights of property"
   • ▪ old-fashioned term for prop
   • 2. an attribute, quality, or characteristic of something: "the property of heat to expand metal at uniform rates" Similar qualityattributecharacteristicfeaturepowertraitmarkhallmark

   Word Origin Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French propriete, from Latin proprietas, from proprius ‘one's own, particular’ (see proper).

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   What does property mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! PROPERTY definition: 1. an object or objects that belong to someone: 2. a building or area of land, or both together…. Learn more.

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   What is a property in physics?

   • A property is a building and the land belonging to it. Cecil inherited a family property near Stamford. This vehicle has been parked on private property. The properties of a substance or object are the ways in which it behaves in particular conditions. A radio signal has both electrical and magnetic properties.

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   What is a person's property?

   • Someone's property is all the things that belong to them or something that belongs to them. Richard could easily destroy her personal property to punish her for walking out on him. Security forces searched thousands of homes, confiscating weapons and stolen property. A property is a building and the land belonging to it.

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   What if something is someone's property?

   • If something is someone's property, it belongs to them. The field is the University's property. Eventually the piano became my property. You can also refer to all the things that a person owns as their property. Her property passes to her next of kin.

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   What is a synonym for property?

   • 10. SYNONYMS 1. belongings. property, chattels, effects, estate, goods refer to what is owned. property is the general word: She owns a great deal of property.

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   What does common property mean?

   • , plural prop·er·ties. They lost all their property in the fire. The corporation is a means for the common ownership of property. property on Main Street. to have property in land. The secret of the invention became common property. the chemical and physical properties of an element. Logic. any attribute or characteristic.

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   1. a. the right to possess, use, and dispose of something; ownership. property in land. b. something, as a piece of writing, in which copyright or other rights are held, specif., one acquired for production as a film. 2. a thing or things owned; possessions collectively; esp., land or real estate owned. 3.

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   The meaning of PROPERTY is a quality or trait belonging and especially peculiar to an individual or thing. How to use property in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Property.

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   Definition of property noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. property. noun. /ˈprɒpəti/. /ˈprɑːpərti/. (plural properties) [uncountable] a thing or things that are owned by somebody; a possession or possessions. personal/stolen property. This building is government property.

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   Property definition: that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner. See examples of PROPERTY used in a sentence.

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   PROPERTY definition: 1. a building or area of land: 2. objects that belong to someone: 3. a quality of something: . Learn more.

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   1. something of value, either tangible, such as land, or intangible, such as patents, copyrights, etc. 2. (Law) law the right to possess, use, and dispose of anything. 3. possessions collectively or the fact of owning possessions of value. 4. (Agriculture) a. a piece of land or real estate, esp used for agricultural purposes.