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property
- 1) noun, something of value, either tangible, such as land, or intangible, such as patents, copyrights, etc
- 2) noun, law the right to possess, use, and dispose of anything
- 3) noun, possessions collectively or the fact of owning possessions of value
- 4) noun, a) a piece of land or real estate, esp used for agricultural purposes b) (as modifier)
- 5) noun, a ranch or station, esp a small one
- 6) noun, a quality, attribute, or distinctive feature of anything, esp a characteristic attribute such as the density or strength of a material
- 7) noun, logic. another name for proprium
- 8) noun, any movable object used on the set of a stage play or film. Usually shortened to: prop
Etymology
C13: from Old French propriété, from Latin proprietās something personal, from proprius one's own
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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wealth, possession, goods, means, effects, holding, capital, riches, resource, estate, assets, belongings, chattel, land, holding, title, estate, acre, real estate, freehold, realty, real property, quality, feature, characteristic, mark, ability, attribute, virtue, trait, hallmark, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy