property

UK /ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/ US /ˈpɹɑ.pɚ.ti/
noun 5verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

Something that is owned.

Leave those books alone! They are my property.

Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.).

2

A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

There is a large house on the property.

He owns over ten properties in the country.

3

Real estate; the business of selling houses.

He works in property as a housing consultant.

4

The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.

5

An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.

Charm is his most endearing property.

Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

verb

1

To invest with properties, or qualities.

His voyce was propertied As all the tuned Spheres, and that to Friends

2

To make a property of; to appropriate.

Your grace shall pardon me, I will not back: I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control, Or useful serving-man and instrument, To any sovereign state throughout the world.

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