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property

Syllabification: (prop·er·ty)
Pronunciation: /ˈpräpərtē/
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Definition of property

noun (plural properties)

  • 1a thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively:she wanted Oliver and his property out of her house the stolen property was not recovered
  • a building or buildings and the land belonging to it or them:he’s expanding now, buying property the renovation of commercial properties
  • Law the right to the possession, use, or disposal of something; ownership:rights of property
  • old-fashioned term for prop2.
  • 2an attribute, quality, or characteristic of something:the property of heat to expand metal at uniform rates

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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