property English
Alternative forms
* propretie
Noun
Something that is owned.
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*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings
, passage=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.}}
A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
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Real estate; the business of selling houses.
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The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
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* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
, magazine=( American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance
, passage=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.}}
An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
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* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Lee S. Langston , magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= The Adaptable Gas Turbine
, passage=Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo'', meaning ''vortex , and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.}}
(label) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or the value of such a parameter.
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An object used in a dramatic production.
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(label) Propriety; correctness.
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Synonyms
* (something owned) belongings, owndom, possession
* (piece of real estate) land, parcel
* (attribute or abstract quality of an object) attribute, feature, owndom
* (object used in a dramatic production) prop
* See also
* See also
Derived terms
* abandoned property
* accidental property
* bound property
* chemical property
* country property
* essential property
* hot property
* intellectual property
* lost property
* man of property
* mechanical property
* metaproperty
* mislaid property
* personal property
* physical property
* private property
* prop
* propertied
* property file
* property ladder
* property law
* property line
* property man
* property master
* property owner
* property porn
* property rights
* property tax
* propertyless
* public property
* qualified property
* real property
Related terms
(Terms etymologically related to "property")
* proper
* proprietary
* proprietor
Verb
(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
- (Shakespeare)
(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
* Shakespeare
- They have here propertied me.
Statistics
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item English
Noun
( en noun)
A distinct physical object.
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*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
, volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=( The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […]
, passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.}}
A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
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(label) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
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A matter for discussion in an agenda.
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(label) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
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* 2010 , (Justin Bieber) featuring (Ludacris), ''
- Are we an item ? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?
A short article in a newspaper.
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(label) A hint; an innuendo.
* (Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
- A secret item was given to some of the bishops to absent themselves.
Synonyms
* (object) article, object, thing
* (line of text having a legal or semantic meaning)
* (matter for discussion) subject, topic
* (two people who are having a relationship with each other) couple
* (psychometrics) test/assessment question
Derived terms
* subitem
* itemize
* polarity item
* negative polarity item
* positive polarity item
Anagrams
* emit, mite, time
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