Noun

(en noun)

The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

* Alexander Pope

If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as springs from the subject, then the winding up of the plot must be a probable consequence of all that went before.

An area or land used for building on or planting on.

A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.

A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.

The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.

The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot .

* Shakespeare

I have overheard a plot of death.

* Addison

O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!

Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.

* Denham

a man of much plot

Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.

* Milton

And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had any plot in the divorce.

A plan; a purpose.

* Jeremy Taylor

no other plot in their religion but serve God and save their souls

Noun

Something that is owned.

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, 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.

Real estate; the business of selling houses.

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

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

* {{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.

* {{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.

An object used in a dramatic production.

(label) Propriety; correctness.

(Camden)