property

 
Pronunciation: /ˈprɒpəti/

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

Origin:

Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French propriete, from Latin proprietas, from proprius 'one's own, particular' (see proper)