property

noun (plural properties)

• 1 [mass noun] a thing or things belonging to someone; possessions collectively:she wanted Oliver and his property out of her flat the stolen property was not recovered
• a building or buildings and the land belonging to it or them:he’s expanding now, buying property [count noun]:the renovation of council properties
• (properties) shares or investments in property: properties ran into profit-taking, with Haslemere 176p
• 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