property
//ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti//
Forms
- Plural
- properties
Definitions
1.Something that is owned.
- Leave those books alone! They are my property.
- A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #906
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English propertee, properte, propirte, proprete, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French propreté, proprieté (“propriety, fitness, property”), from Latin proprietās (“a peculiarity, one's peculiar nature or quality, right or fact of possession, property”), from proprius (“special, particular, one's own”).