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noun, plural prop·er·ties.
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.
EXPANDsomething 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.
a.
any attribute or characteristic.
b.
(in Aristotelian logic) an attribute not essential to a species but always connected with it and with it alone.
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9.
a written work, play, movie, etc., bought or optioned for commercial production or distribution.
10.
COLLAPSEa person, especially one under contract in entertainment or sports, regarded as having commercial value: an actor who was a hot property at the time.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English proprete possession, attribute, what is one's own, equivalent to propre proper + -te -ty2. See propriety
1275–1325; Middle English proprete possession, attribute, what is one's own, equivalent to propre proper + -te -ty2. See propriety
Related forms
prop·er·ty·less, noun
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. He said that the umbrella was his property. Chattels is a term for pieces of personal property or movable possessions; it may be applied to livestock, automobiles, etc.: a mortgage on chattels. Effects is a term for any form of personal property, including even things of the least value: All his effects were insured against fire. Estate refers to property of any kind that has been, or is capable of being, handed down to descendants or otherwise disposed of in a will: He left most of his estate to his niece. It may consist of personal estate (money, valuables, securities, chattels, etc.), or real estate (land and buildings). Goods refers to household possessions or other movable property, especially that comprising the stock in trade of a business: The store arranged its goods on shelves. 3. acreage. 6. feature. See quality.
1. belongings. Property, chattels, effects, estate, goods refer to what is owned. Property is the general word: She owns a great deal of property. He said that the umbrella was his property. Chattels is a term for pieces of personal property or movable possessions; it may be applied to livestock, automobiles, etc.: a mortgage on chattels. Effects is a term for any form of personal property, including even things of the least value: All his effects were insured against fire. Estate refers to property of any kind that has been, or is capable of being, handed down to descendants or otherwise disposed of in a will: He left most of his estate to his niece. It may consist of personal estate (money, valuables, securities, chattels, etc.), or real estate (land and buildings). Goods refers to household possessions or other movable property, especially that comprising the stock in trade of a business: The store arranged its goods on shelves. 3. acreage. 6. feature. See quality.
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Property
is an LSAT word you need to know.
So is ample. Does it mean:
| more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful |
| approve, support, or sustain |
Example Sentences
- Create a bar chart or other graphic to depict casualties, property damage, or other characteristic.
- So far, his silo property has perfectly fit the bill.
- Some people view a swarm of bees settling on their property as a blessing.
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World English Dictionary
| property (ˈprɒpətɪ) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| 1. | something of value, either tangible, such as land, or intangible, such as patents, copyrights, etc |
| 2. | law the right to possess, use, and dispose of anything |
| 3. | possessions collectively or the fact of owning possessions of value |
| 4. | a. a piece of land or real estate, esp used for agricultural purposes |
| b. (as modifier): property rights | |
| 5. | chiefly (Austral) a ranch or station, esp a small one |
| 6. | a quality, attribute, or distinctive feature of anything, esp a characteristic attribute such as the density or strength of a material |
| 7. | obsolete logic another name for proprium |
| 8. | Usually shortened to: prop any movable object used on the set of a stage play or film |
| [C13: from Old French propriété, from Latin proprietās something personal, from proprius one's own] | |
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Word Origin & History
property
c.1300, "nature, quality," later "possession" (a sense rare before 17c.), from an Anglo-Fr. modification of O.Fr. propriete (12c., Fr. propreté), from L. proprietatem (nom. proprietas) "ownership, property, propriety," lit. "special character" (a loan-translation of Gk. idioma), noun of quality
EXPANDfrom proprius "one's own, special" (see proper). Propertied "holding property" is from 1760. Hot property "sensation, a success" is from 1958.
COLLAPSE
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