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property noun [ ˈprɒpəti ]

• a thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively.
• "she wanted Oliver and his property out of her flat"
Similar: possessions, belongings, things, goods, worldly goods, effects, personal effects, stuff, chattels, movables, resources, assets, valuables, fortune, capital, riches, wealth, holdings, securities, patrimony, personalty, goods and chattels, gear, trek,
• an attribute, quality, or characteristic of something.
• "the property of heat to expand metal at uniform rates"
Similar: quality, attribute, characteristic, feature, power, trait, mark, hallmark,
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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