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Definitions for Property

[1] that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
[2] goods, land, etc., considered as possessions: The corporation is a means for the common ownership of property.
[3] a piece of land or real estate: property on Main Street.
[4] ownership; right of possession, enjoyment, or disposal of anything, especially of something tangible: to have property in land.
[5] something at the disposal of a person, a group of persons, or the community or public: The secret of the invention became common property.
[6] an essential or distinctive attribute or quality of a thing: the chemical and physical properties of an element.
[7] Logic . any attribute or characteristic. (in Aristotelian logic) an attribute not essential to a species but always connected with it and with it alone.
[8] Also called prop. a usually movable item, other than costumes or scenery, used on the set of a theater production, motion picture, etc.; any object handled or used by an actor in a performance.
[9] a written work, play, movie, etc., bought or optioned for commercial production or distribution.
[10] a person, especially one under contract in entertainment or sports, regarded as having commercial value: an actor who was a hot property at the time.
[11] something of value, either tangible, such as land, or intangible, such as patents, copyrights, etc
[12] law the right to possess, use, and dispose of anything
[13] possessions collectively or the fact of owning possessions of value
[14] a piece of land or real estate, esp used for agricultural purposes (as modifier ) property rights
[15] mainly Australian a ranch or station, esp a small one
[16] a quality, attribute, or distinctive feature of anything, esp a characteristic attribute such as the density or strength of a material
[17] logic obsolete another name for proprium
[18] any movable object used on the set of a stage play or film Usually shortened to: prop

Words related to Property

plot, land, wealth, estate, farm, house, tract, goods, ownership, equity, home, worth, claim, inheritance, capital, resources, means, premises, acreage, effects

Words nearby Property

properdin factor d, properdin factor e, properdin system, propertied, propertius, property, property bond, property centre, property damage insurance, property man, property right

Origin of Property

1275–1325; Middle English proprete possession, attribute, what is one's own, equivalent to propre proper + -te -ty2. See propriety

Other words from Property

prop·er·ty·less , noun

Word origin for Property

C13: from Old French propriété, from Latin proprietās something personal, from proprius one's own

Synonyms for Property

equity, estate, farm, goods, home, house, land, ownership, plot, tract, wealth, worth, acreage, acres, assets, belongings, buildings, capital, chattels, claim, dominion, effects, freehold, holdings, inheritance, means, premises, proprietary, proprietorship, realty, resources, riches, substance, title, possessorship